Description: Boston has many neighborhoods, each with their own special flavor. The North end is Boston's Italian section. It is where people go to eat, and eat and eat. Villa Francesca sits on a side road as you enter this area. In the summer, the windows are thrown open and the air is redolent with garlic, spices and Italian greetings.
For this area, this is a fairly big restaurant with seating upstairs and down. A line begins to form at the door around six o'clock and they do not take reservations so eat early or eat late . They have a large menu and it is studded with the regulars like pasta , veal, chicken but they also have fresh fish as well prepared to perfection. My favorite is a veal Pontevecchio. Veal with mushrooms, artichoke hearts cooked in a wine sauce and topped with a delicate cheese. My mouth waters just thinking of it!
Get a window seat, a glass of wine and watch the world go by. Mange and then when you are done, say "no thank you" to dessert and go to Mike's bakery for dessert. You will be there with a hundred others but it will be worth the wait! But that is for another review!
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