- 109 Salem St. Boston, MA 02113
- 617-523-0990
Snuggled in the heart of the world famous North End, Al Dente Restaurant lets you feast on a bountiful array of Italian specialties.
The outstanding menu, featuring pasta, chicken, veal and seafood, highlights a spectrum of lavish Italian specialties that are sure to please discriminating palates. The open kitchen lets you in on the action behind the superb dishes, and you’ll enjoy their lavish fare amid a cozy, casual setting.
-Owner Joe Bono
Lightly egg-battered and pan-fried, layered with marinara sauce, baked with fresh mozzarella, served over choice of pasta.
Boneless chicken stuffed with prosciutto, fresh mozzarella, spinach, roasted red peppers and garlic, rolled and pan-seared, served over roasted red pepper risotto in a gorgonzola cream sauce.
Fresh calamari, littleneck clams, mussels, shrimp and scallops sautéed in olive oil, simmered in white wine and garlic, served over saffron risotto.
Large shrimp and calamari, sautéed in olive oil, served in a spicy marinara sauce, white wine and served over linguine.
Honey walnut crusted pork tenderloin, lightly seasoned, pan-seared, baked in a madeira prune sauce and served with spinach and mashed potatoes.
Chilean sea bass pan-seared and baked with sundried tomatoes, capers, mushrooms, fresh herbs and white wine, served over risotto.
Fresh cheese and lobster ravioli prepared in a light marinara sauce with shrimp, a touch of cream, pecorino romano and parmesan cheese.
Boneless breast layered with prosciutto and fresh mozzarella, spinach, mushrooms and sage in a white wine butter sauce.
Large shrimp and sea scallops sautéed in olive oil and served with homemade fusilli in our classic vodka sauce.
Fresh, tender veal stuffed with prosciutto, roasted red pepper, mozzarella cheese and garlic, rolled, breaded and pan-fried, served in a white wine mushroom pink sauce and roasted red pepper risotto.
Fresh potato gnocchi tossed in a plum tomato sauce with sundried tomatoes, capers, basil, pecorino romano and parmesan cheese, mushrooms and white wine. Add chicken or sausage…$5.95 Veal or shrimp…$7.95
Sautéed scallopini of veal, chicken and shrimp, fresh broccoli florets, mushrooms, red and yellow peppers and artichoke hearts in a white wine garlic butter sauce, served over choice of pasta.
The service was great- this place is super cute, open and small. I had a Caprese salad, my son had ravioli and husband had the Paul Revere pizza. The pizza’s crust is super thin- but I love that. The wait staff is attentive- I don’t know if the other people just had a bad moment but everyone here is running around, we were checked on several times, waters were refilled. I would definitely come back here. My salad was perfect and my son loved his ravioli.
Great service, atmosphere, servers are very attentive, food is amazing. My friends and I went to have lunch and every one of use enjoyed what we ordered. Very clean facility too with wide open windows that make u feel like you’re sitting outside though you’re indoors.
My husband and I had lunch here with our two grandsons, 14 and 10, on the day of the Tall Ships Parade in Boston. It was very busy but the hostess found a place for us and we ordered not long after (I agree that the tables are very small – but we managed). Our two grandsons thought the pepperoni pizza was the best they ever ate. And my husband and I shared the fig salad first (nice portions even split and delicious!) and each had the Littleneck Clams with Pasta in White Wine sauce – fabulous. The bread selection was yummy with delicious olive oil. The room is bright with floor to ceiling windows that open and although packed, we could talk without yelling. We will be back again very soon!
This restaurant is off to a good start. Their menu offers a wide variety of dishes just like your Italian mother made. I could taste the freshness in each spoon of sauce.
The service was friendly and attentive. I read the previous review and was surprised to see such a contrast. My waiter was helpful and offered good perspective on food preparation and what dishes complemented each-other.
On this particularly hot day we were seated downstairs which is the coolest room in all of Boston. Thank goodness for AC.
I think this is well-worth trying. You won’t be disappointed.