Serving traditional Italian cuisine, Maccheroni Cucina Al Fresco's dishes are prepared from recipes from several regions of Italy and created with seasonal ingredients from local sources whenever possible. Known for our pizza which we bake on a stone hearth, our pizza offers a wonderful crispy style crust. Maccheroni Cucina Al Fresco provides take-out, catering and eat-in comfortable dining. Enjoy eating in the newly renovated dining and bar areas located in this century old Victorian house. Stop in for drinks anytime. Maccheroni Cucina Al Fresco, call to book your reservation today or stop in for a great lunch, dinner or to pick up dinner for the whole family. Having a special event? Call us to cater your event at 905-527-6422.more...See more text
Restaurant type
Italian,
Cuisine type
Italian With A Touch Of Mediterranean,
Dishes
Pasta,
Pizza,
Atmosphere
Casual,
Other
New Year's Eve And The Month Of December Open Monday's For Christmas Parties,
Chicken broth, chicken, ravioli and parmesan cheese.
$5.75
Salad
Caesar
Romaine in traditional parmesan dressing, crisp bacon, and garlic buttered croutons.
$6.25
Insalata Mista
A blend of iceberg and romaine lettuce with seasonal vegetables, tossed with our own Italian vinaigrette.
$6.25
Insalata Italiane
Crisp lettuce, tomatoes, pepperoncini peppers, olives, red onions, artichoke hearts, Italian meats and mozzarella cheese, tossed with our own Italian vinaigrette.
$11.95
Insalata Primavera
Pan seared chicken morsels and garden vegetables with olive oil and white wine tossed with iceberg and romaine lettuce.
$14.75
Insalata Di Cuneo
Crisp iceberg lettuce wedge, Danish blue cheese, bacon, tomatoes and crispy fried onions with blue cheese dressing
$8.50
Appetizers
Bruschetta Romana
Roma tomatoes, onions, Calamata olives on a Calabrese round loaf and baked. Addfeta or mozzarella
large serves 4-5 people
$10.95Small
$5.95
Garlic Bread
Calabrese bread baked with our parmesan, parsley garlic butter. Add cheese or bacon.
large serves 4-5 people
$7.50Small
$3.95
Artisan Loaf
Crusty Calabrese bread baked in house, served with our seasoned olive oil.
$2.75
Calamari Fritte
Tender calamari dusted with seasoned flour and fried, served with marinara sauce.
$10.75
Zuppa di Cozze
Chilean blue Mussels simmered in a broth of white wine, fresh tomatoes and garlic.
$16.00
Shrimp Fra Diavolo
Shrimp, pancetta, hot peppers and garlic sautéed in tomato sauce. Served with crostini.
$15.50
Sicilian Arancini
Golden fried crispy rice balls stuffed with porcini mushrooms and mozzarella cheese on a plate of marina sauce.
$10.95
Calamari con Peperconcino
Calamari fritte tossed with sautéed pickled hot peppers.
$10.75
Sandwiches
Verdue Arrosto
breaded eggplant, roasted mushrooms, peppers and zucchini with mozzarella on focaccia bread.
$8.95
Polpette.
our homemade meatballs, marinara sauce and mozzarella on focaccia bun and baked.
$9.50
Pollo Parmigiana
breaded chicken cutlet with marinara sauce and baked with mozzarella.
$9.50
Porchetta Sandwich
Slow roasted pork shoulder with our special spices on focaccia bread, with our lemon garlic aioli sauce
$9.50
Italian Salsicce
Roasted Italian sausage, peppers and onions, with mozzarella on crusty Calabrese bread. Choice of hot or sweet peppers.
$10.95
Pollo alla Griglia
Morsels of chicken pan seared with peppers, mushrooms, wine and spices on focaccia bread.
$10.95
Muffaletta .
Calabrese bread stuffed with our own olive giardiniera mix, assorted Italian meats and mozzarella cheese.
$11.25
Manzo Italiano
Moist roast beef with mushrooms, caramelized onions and gorgonzola on Calabrese bread.
Add a side Caesar or Mista salad...............3.00
Marinara, Arrabbiata, olio e aglio, Roasted red pepper & garlic olio .
$8.95
Specialty Sauce
Alfredo, Rose, bolognese, Pesto
$11.95
Pan seared seasoned chicken
$5.95
Italian sausage
$5.95
black tiger shrimp
$7.95
Sauteed garlic butter mushrooms
$3.95
Roasted and sautéed vegetables
$3.95
Meatballs
$5.95
Al Forno/Oven Baked
Lasagna alla Bolognese
Thin sheets of pasta layered with meat and cheese.
$16.95
Zitti Tagliate
Pasta tubes, pancetta and mozzarella cheese in a cream sauce and baked. Also available with a red sauce.
$14.75
Parmigiana di Melanzane
breaded eggplant slices layered with mozzarella cheese and tomato sauce then baked. Gluten free pasta available at an extra charge. Please allow extra preparation time of your meal.
$14.50
Artisanal Style Pizza
Hand rolled in house fresh dough, baking in a stone hearth oven and only using the freshest ingredients preserves the true flavour of the old Country pizza pie. Choose between our traditional tomato sauce or try your pie with a glaze of olive oil, garlic and Italian herbs.
Artisanal Style Pizza
4 slices (8) with sauce and mozzarella
Individual
$7.60
Artisanal Style Pizza
8 slices (12) with sauce and mozzarella
Small
$11.40
Artisanal Style Pizza
12 slices (16) with sauce and mozzarella
Large
$17.85
GLuTen & WheAT FRee PIZZA
These special pizza crusts are made for us by Yad Never Know bakery in Dundas. So you can be assured of a product concerning your gluten restrictions. 4 slices (8) with sauce and mozzarella 8 slices (12) with sauce and mozzarella
Individual
$11.60Small
$16.40
Calzones
Calzones
A specialty of Naples, fresh dough filled with mozzarella and your choice of 3 pizza toppings, folded over and baked
$12.50
Strombolis
Fresh pizza dough, rolled out, dressed with meats, cheese or vegetables, then rolled into a bread loaf and stone baked.
Paesano
Spicy capicola, hot or sweet peppers, mozzarella.
$11.95
Salsiccia
Italian fennel sausage, green olives and mozzarella.
$11.95
Brasato Pizzaiola
Shaved beef and caramelized onions and mozzarella
$11.95
Soups MENU - Maccheroni Cucina Al Fresco
Tuscan Minestrone
Rich tomato broth with vegetables and beans.
$5.75
Ravioli alla Parmigiana
Chicken broth, chicken, ravioli and parmesan cheese.
$5.75
Salads
Caesar
Romaine in traditional parmesan dressing, crisp bacon, and garlic buttered croutons.
$6.25
Insalata Mista
A blend of iceberg and romaine lettuce with seasonal vegetables, tossed with our own Italian vinaigrette.
$6.25
Insalata Italiane
Crisp lettuce, tomatoes, pepperoncini peppers, olives, red onions, artichoke hearts, Italian meats and mozzarella cheese, tossed with our own Italian vinaigrette.
$11.95
Insalata Primavera
Pan seared chicken morsels and garden vegetables with olive oil and white wine tossed with iceberg and romaine lettuce.
$14.75
Insalata di Cuneo
Crisp iceberg lettuce wedge, Danish blue cheese, bacon, tomatoes, and crispy fried onions with blue cheese dressing.
$8.50
Appetizer
Bruschetta RomanA
Roma tomatoes, onions, Calamata olives on a Calabrese round loaf and baked. Add feta or mozzarella.
Large-Serves 4-5 people
$10.95Small
$5.95
Garlic Bread
Calabrese bread baked with our parmesan parsley garlic butter. Add cheese or bacon
Large -Serves 4-5 people
$7.50Small
$3.95
Artisan Loaf
Crusty Calabrese bread baked in house, served with our seasoned olive oil.
$2.75
Calamari Fritte .
Tender calamari dusted with seasoned flour and fried, served with marinara sauce.
$10.75
Zuppa di Cozze
Chilean Blue Mussels simmered in a broth of white wine, fresh tomatoes and garlic.
$16.00
Shrimp Fra Diavolo
Shrimp, pancetta, hot peppers and garlic sautéed in tomato sauce. Served with crostini.
$15.50
Sicilian Arancini
Golden fried crispy rice balls stuffed with porcini mushrooms and mozzarella cheese on a plate of marina sauce.
$10.95
Calamari con Peperoncino
Calamari fritte tossed with sautéed pickled hot peppers.
$10.75
Specialty Pastas
Mediterranean Pasta
Mushrooms, peppers, zucchini, olives, artichoke hearts and feta cheese with spaghettini, olive oil and garlic.
$15.50
Spaghettini Siciliana
Roasted sausage, sweet peppers, and green olives with spaghettini, tossed with olive oil and garlic.
$16.95
Penne Tetrazzini
Sauteed chicken, mushrooms and penne in a parmesan cream sauce.
$16.95
Fettuccine con Pollo alla Fiorentina
Chicken, mushrooms, onions and spinach tossed with fettuccine, with a plum tomato alfresco sauce.
$16.95
Penne Arrabbiata with Sausage
Penne with sausage, hot peppers and calamata olives in a tomato glaze.
$15.75
Spaghettini con Pollo Aglio
Pan seared chicken with mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, tossed with spaghettini, olive oil, garlic and feta.
$16.95
Linguine Carbonara
Linguine tossed with pancetta, egg yolk, parmesan and cream.
$15.50
Ravioli di Brasato
Braised beef filled ravioli, sautéed mushrooms and onions, with a merlot horseradish reduction.
$19.00
Gnocchi ai Gorgonzola.
Potato dumplings in a gorgonzola cream sauce with toasted walnuts.
$15.00
Pasta con Polpette
Your choice of pasta with our homemade meatballs.
$15.75
Seafood
Amalfi Calamari Pasta
Spaghettini, fresh tomato, onion and black olives tossed with basil olive oil, and topped with fried calamari.
$17.00
Spaghettini con Vongole
Arctic surf clams, wine, olive oil, garlic and spaghettini. Red sauce is available.
$15.95
Spaghettini de Mare .
Black tiger shrimp, mussels, clams and calamari tossed with spaghettini in an olive oil garlic wine sauce. Also available with a red sauce.
It is an odd little place in Main West, to be honest I had never seen it before until I ate there last week and I have been frequenting the area for years......the service was very warm and friendly and the atmosphere the same, old and very wannabe italian. Our food was very tasty, you gotta try the garlic bread, the choice of bread they use is very crispy. I would like to go back and try other things on the menu, the prices were reasonable and the choices sound interesting.
WAY too expensive now!!!
We have been to this location many times before and had not been in quite some time. After a craving for their amazing bruschetta bread we decided to pay a visit. They used to have some side pasta dishes and we were disappointed that they were no longer available since we had my 2 year old daughter with us. Her basic spaghetti was not large by any means and cost $10.95! I also ordered her a milk (half chocolate) that was gross and made with Quick syrup or powder needless to day she did not drink it and that was $2.75. That is fine as they clearly do not cater to children but the kicker came with our bruschetta. We ordered the full order which is $10.95 and added cheese, feta on one half and mozzarella on the other. The bread toppings were very skimpy from what we remembered and when the bill came were rather surprised that we were charged $2.00 for the mozza chesse and an additional $3.00 for the feta!!! $15.95 in total for bruschetta is ridiculous especially when the toppings were minimal.
IS THIS PLACE A JOKE???? I heard a couple of good things about this place so my boyfriend and I thought we would check it out....we weren't sure of the location so we called on our way there and the female we spoke to gave us directions and also told us that they just did a lot of renovations and that there are 2 parts to the restaurant-the front is the bar area and the back is the more formal dining area. When we arrived and walked in the front door it was like a ghost town. NO ONE around...(well, actually there were 2 people in the corner) but no staff members to be seen. The place looked indescribably bad!! The hardwood floors looked like they had never seen a mop, and horses ran through there on a daily basis. The furniture was sooo old and the room was very dark. Before a staff member could even greet us, we were out the door. On our way out, we noticed a side enterance so we thought to go in there because after all, the lady on the phone said they did all these renovations but we couldn't figure out where. We walked in from the side enterance and we couldn't believe it-the front part was bad but this was EVEN WORSE!!!!!!! we looked in the dining area and the furniture looked like it came from a third world country...several chairs were ripped (the back part of the chair was made of a mesh material), the floors were even worse (it looked liked horses running through the front room) but this was like bulls were running through the back...I honestly couldn't believe my eyes! I looked at my boyfriend and seriously asked if this was a joke? While standing there in awe, there was still no staff member to be seen so we left!!! If the staff member was being truthful when she said they just did a lot of renovations, then I would really be HORRIFIED to see what it looked like before. If they ever decide to change the restaurants name, they should call it "The Sanford and Son Junkyard Cucina".
This is a great little place. Their bruschetta is...
This is a great little place. Their bruschetta is to die for, the best I have ever had in a restaurant. The restaurant has a good atmosphere, service is always very friendly!
I have been to Maccheroni several times over the...
I have been to Maccheroni several times over the past few years and I have always been happy with the dining experience.
To begin with it has the best bruschetta I have every had. The ceasar salad is good, but nothing special. The most recent time I went, I had the seafood spaghettini, which was excellent. Lots of high quality seafood (they could have left out the squid in my case). My wife's chicken parm was also excellent. My daughter's penne dish was disappointing. It was advertised as having chorizo sausage, but that was not what was in it. Suffice to say that the dish needs some work. We finished with excellent gelato.
I will agree that the service can be a bit uneven depending on who your waiter is. This time our waiter was perfect: attentive, friendly, and remembered all the orders.
An earlier review said the decor is run down. I don't find that at all, it is rustic, but clean and intimate.
For the price, I find it to be the best Italian restaurant in Hamilton.
