Strada 241 has ample space for fans of chef Guy Rubino’s Italian cooking.
Rustic Italian is hardly the most cutting-edge dining concept, but renowned restaurateurs Guy and Michael Rubino (a.k.a. the Rubino Brothers) get it right at Strada 241, their welcoming café, bar and dining room set chicly at the bottom end of Chinatown. Previously known for his complex Asian fusion fare, chef Guy now proffers well-honed Southern Italian dishes from his open kitchen—simple, flavour-rich pastas and thin-crust pizzas comprise the majority of the lunch and dinner menus. Feeling peckish in the morning or mid-afternoon? Stop in for a quick espresso and fresh-daily pastries from the in-house bakery. —Craig Moy
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