Rosebud Italian Specialties & Pizzeria

I really love the fried calamari here—crisp and tender, dipped into marinara sauce that’s bursting with tomato flavor and a hint of lemon.
The Orecchiette Sausage & Broccolini is my favorite pasta dish here.
Perfectly al dente orecchiette cradles spicy sausage and crunchy broccolini, with just the right amount of garlic and olive oil.
The chicken Parmigiana is a colossal slab of chicken, breaded and fried to perfection, then smothered in marinara sauce and blanketed with melted mozzarella.
It’s unapologetically enormous—enough to feed three people.
The portions here are generous, almost to a fault.
Service is absolutely impeccable.
5/5 will come back again.

Owner response

Celebrating 18 years of marriage, my wife and I returned to Rosebud where we had our first date 20 years ago.
We love the old school, traditional style of Rosebud.
The food, as expected, was phenomenal! I got the gnocchi in vodka sauce and my wife got chicken Marsala.
Both were excellent! Unfortunately the service was lacking a bit.
It might have been because we think our table was behind the bar and perhaps on the edge of our servers area.
But nobody asked us for another drink until we had our food wrapped up in a take home bag.
At that point why get another drink? Also disappointing that our water glasses went empty for most of our dinner.
We also didn’t like the noisy and cramped atmosphere.
We would have enjoyed a more relaxed dining experience.
Despite the good food, we expected better service especially considering the prices.
Sadly we will probably not be coming back to Rosebud.

Owner response

Our server Nick was above and beyond not only in service but in personality.
He was great.
The restaurant was nice and had a wonderful atmosphere.
The portions were huge.
Everything was very delicious.
Our new favorite place for calamari.
We had grilled calamari, fried calamari, baked clams, lamb chop lollipops, and the veal parmesan which was huge and platter sized.
Thank goodness we decided to split the parmesan.
The pasta sauce with the veal parmesan was to die for.
I'm not a huge red sauce fan and this tomato sauce is probably the best I've had.
Had a very nice time on our anniversary and will be back for sure.
Highly recommend.
10 out of 10

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