Famiglia Baldassarre

What Reddit says

Fresh pasta spot on Geary Avenue in the west end, popular for lunch and regularly recommended among the city's best pasta. Also sold frozen at some grocers. Redditors suggest arriving early to avoid a long wait.

Paraphrased from the comments below.

What to order

• 7.3
  Pasta91 Redditors
  Worth trying
• 6.9
  Desserts#24 for desserts in Toronto
  Worth trying
• Tiramisu3 Redditors
• Bread1 Redditor

In their words

Short excerpts, each linked to the full comment on Reddit.

• “I'm an advocate and defender of Baldasare and believe it's some of the best in the city”

• “I take day off or two in a year just to eat at Baldassarre. It was good while it lasted.”

• “love the place but I'm not waiting an hour+ especially with this weather”

• “it was delicious for something that’s usually so simple. The meatballs were great as they were very peppery.”

• “The food is good, but who has 3 hours to wait for pasta?”

• “the experience was well worth it even for this solo diner”

• “every once in a while my wife and I would schedule a famiglia day and take a few hours off work for it”

• “The pasta is actually very good and also not that expensive (generally under $20/plate), but I’ve been three times now”

• “What kind of loser must you be to line up at 930 for average pasta?”

• “I have a lot of respect for their operation but it simply wasn’t worth it”

• “I stopped supporting them a few years ago after they responded to my simple not aggressive ask to keep the retail and lunch lines separate”

• “He's absolutely lovely, just use the time you have in line to decide what you want to get.”