• CLOSED: Ciao Italian Grill

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Lacto
Italian
Mediterranean
Fast food
Salad bar
Beer/Wine
Delivery
Take-out
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Fast casual Italian dining using some fresh organic produce. Has markings for vegan choices, including pastas, grilled pesto tofu, grilled vegetables, and a few sides like the pistachio orange green beans. The pesto is vegan suitable. Customize your meal to be sandwich, salad, pasta, or plate. Reported closed May 2021.


8 Reviews

First Review by AP

MatthewVBogusz

Points +774

Vegan
13 Sep 2016

really really great vegan options

the service is spectacular. the staff can handle all vegan questions. they are so helpful. had a really great vegan meal. they even had spaghetti squash instead of pasta. their marinara sauce is incredible. they like to cater to all types and Vegan is definitely one of them.

Pros: super positive staff. was greeted upon entry.

BrianSanchez

Points +20

Vegan
03 Jun 2020

Boss Harrasses Employees

I heard testimony from past employees of their boss harassing them both for racial reasons as well as sexual ones. In good faith, I can no longer support this dirty buisness or any others that I know of which do not value their employees. Let's hold buissness accountable for their actions. Thankyou for your time.

piffelina

Points +3608

Vegan
24 Jan 2020

Room for improvement

I really want to like this place, but I just don't find it very good. Granted there aren't many options in this neighbourhood, and beggars can't be choosers, but I did find my meal a little bland.
How I had to compile my meal out of average ingredients just reminded me of a cheap buffet restaurant.

I can cook a better pasta dish at home and would like to have some well-tested nice vegan options on a menu card to choose from in order to come back.

Fabienchn

Points +120

Vegan
20 Sep 2019

Food is good. 1/4 of the menu is vegan

Just make sure to say that you want it all vegan, they'll give you a another bread, because the garlic bread in the menu is not vegan.

I got whole grain pasta with grilles tofu & grilled veggies and spicy sauce for $13.
Very good

ShaliniChakrabarty

Points +1574

Vegan
06 Jun 2019

Okay, Pesto was too Oily

I like the concept of this place - the first 'build your own' Italian place that I've been to. But I will be honest - the menu itself is pretty confusing and could have been designed better. So when I came in, it was a tad confusing to order.

The dish I created was a pesto pasta. I added on some toppings I liked - artichoke, olive, and sunflower seeds. The dish itself was okay, but to be honest it did not have a lot of flavor, it needed some more salt, and it was a bit too oily for my comfort.

One big pro is that they are actually able to make the garlic bread vegan though - so am happy about that.

Pros: Cool concept

Cons: Pesto too oily and not completely seasoned, Confusing menu

lvasquared

Points +1374

Vegan
19 Dec 2017

Excellent Vegan Options

Wow! I’m absolutely delighted with this menu’s options. It satisfies all of our diners needs. Great job to the young man that explained how it works. He needs stock in the company when it blows up to a franchise! Seriously, excellent salesperson!

Pros: clearly marked vegan and veg options

kimlogan

Points +16

Vegan
24 May 2017

Five Star Deliciousness

Wow! Great service and fabulous flavors at a really good price. The menu (reminiscent of how Chipotle puts together individualized meals) provides wonderful Italian vegan options with a radiant smile. I had the plate with grilled pesto tofu and marinara, green beans, and a side salad with toppings and Italian dressing. My daughter had the whole wheat pasta with marinara and grilled tofu pesto and took some home because the serving was so generous. Husband (not vegan) enjoyed his vegan choice of pasta with marinara and a side of tofu because they looked so good. They made fresh vegan garlic bread for us. We felt like they valued our vegan choices and wanted to be sure we were satisfied. Looking forward to being hungry enough to go back!

Pros: Lots of vegan food options, Easy to figure out what is vegan, Super pleasant service; inexpensive

AP

Points +164

Vegan
11 Jul 2016

They are vegan and gluten free friendly

Everything is clearly marked. They just converted their pesto to be vegan and even have gluten free and spaghetti squash options for pastas. All pastas are vegan/eggless. It seems like they really get the vegan clientele. It's nice to have an Italian style restaurant with options. Well priced from $7.50-9.25 kids meals just $4.25.

Pros: fast, easy, well-priced

Cons: small menu but most is vegan/vegetarian friendly o




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