Absolutely the best chicken sandwich ever. Bartender recommended I have the chicken Angelina as a sandwich. I will order this every time. The chicken was so moist and juicy. The roll was perfectly crisped. I got light sauce and it was perfect. We drive 45 minutes to come here and it’s worth every minute. Paul is our favorite bartender, always making great drinks with good conversation.
R Brice
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October 23, 2025
I had a half order of chef spaghetti. I am not a small person, however, a half order is plenty to eat. It comes with a garden salad. The chef spaghetti has restaurant made pasta fresh that day. The sauce is well balanced, they definitely do not add corn syrup in it however, I do not know if they add a pinch of sugar or just use vine ripened sweet tomatoes. There is a lot of meat in the sauce as well as a meatball one sausage, several mushroom shoulder, sliced up, however, I believe the mushrooms were canned not fresh. I could be wrong with that. The three people I were with one had a special order hamburger and a baked potato, drowning, and butter because they asked for it to be drowning in butter. The hamburger was cooked exactly the way they wanted. The second person had ribeye. I may be a little old-fashioned, but the ribeye look to be between six and 8 ounces. It was cooked the way a rib I should, on the rare side. They ate all of it. The third person had some type of fish. As I remember them saying the fish was delicious, not overcooked. We were seated at a table. Which means all of the sound from the other 15 or so tables interfered with our conversation. I have eaten there at least 20 times and we typically get a booth which keeps most of the noise out. We always eat on a Saturday and make reservations. Those people that don’t make reservations can usually wait 45 minutes or more to get seated. There is a zero step entrance so it is handicap accessible. There are two doors to get in through so someone will have to help you open the doors. It is mostly an Italian menu, so there are not very many vegetarian dishes available. I am not certain that the sauce is meat sauce so ask
Janelle Campbell
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March 28, 2026
This visit my Chicken Marsala over pasta was fixed just the way that I like it. My husband's Chicken Palermo looked delicious and he ate it all, so I'm going to go out on a limb and say he enjoyed it!
Zachary Lona
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June 28, 2026
Consistently a favorite place to eat. I've introduced multiple coworkers to this place to help boost the business and I'm never disappointed. Great food, good cocktails, solid rare bottle selection for beers. Bar staff rolls with the punches and knows their stuff. Whenever I'm in town and have free time, I'll grab food here, and a par-baked pizza to-go for my freezer.
Linda Sangiuliano
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April 27, 2026
Want to say that the staff at Cortese did a great job with the funeral luncheon last Saturday. We arrived early from the cemetery and they graciously invited us in without any hesitation. Service and food were on point and I was very appreciative of their attention. We had someone with a gluten allergy who was able to enjoy a gluten free entree.
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Absolutely the best chicken sandwich ever. Bartender recommended I have the chicken Angelina as a sandwich. I will order this every time. The chicken was so moist and juicy. The roll was perfectly crisped. I got light sauce and it was perfect. We drive 45 minutes to come here and it’s worth every minute. Paul is our favorite bartender, always making great drinks with good conversation.
I had a half order of chef spaghetti. I am not a small person, however, a half order is plenty to eat. It comes with a garden salad. The chef spaghetti has restaurant made pasta fresh that day. The sauce is well balanced, they definitely do not add corn syrup in it however, I do not know if they add a pinch of sugar or just use vine ripened sweet tomatoes. There is a lot of meat in the sauce as well as a meatball one sausage, several mushroom shoulder, sliced up, however, I believe the mushrooms were canned not fresh. I could be wrong with that. The three people I were with one had a special order hamburger and a baked potato, drowning, and butter because they asked for it to be drowning in butter. The hamburger was cooked exactly the way they wanted. The second person had ribeye. I may be a little old-fashioned, but the ribeye look to be between six and 8 ounces. It was cooked the way a rib I should, on the rare side. They ate all of it. The third person had some type of fish. As I remember them saying the fish was delicious, not overcooked. We were seated at a table. Which means all of the sound from the other 15 or so tables interfered with our conversation. I have eaten there at least 20 times and we typically get a booth which keeps most of the noise out. We always eat on a Saturday and make reservations. Those people that don’t make reservations can usually wait 45 minutes or more to get seated. There is a zero step entrance so it is handicap accessible. There are two doors to get in through so someone will have to help you open the doors. It is mostly an Italian menu, so there are not very many vegetarian dishes available. I am not certain that the sauce is meat sauce so ask
This visit my Chicken Marsala over pasta was fixed just the way that I like it. My husband's Chicken Palermo looked delicious and he ate it all, so I'm going to go out on a limb and say he enjoyed it!
Consistently a favorite place to eat. I've introduced multiple coworkers to this place to help boost the business and I'm never disappointed. Great food, good cocktails, solid rare bottle selection for beers. Bar staff rolls with the punches and knows their stuff. Whenever I'm in town and have free time, I'll grab food here, and a par-baked pizza to-go for my freezer.
Want to say that the staff at Cortese did a great job with the funeral luncheon last Saturday. We arrived early from the cemetery and they graciously invited us in without any hesitation. Service and food were on point and I was very appreciative of their attention. We had someone with a gluten allergy who was able to enjoy a gluten free entree.