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Restaurant type

  • Italian,
  • Pizza,
  • Comfort Food,

Cuisine type

  • Italian,

Dishes

  • Pizza,
  • Pasta,
  • Salad,

Features

  • Patio,

Atmosphere

  • Casual,

Products and Services

  • Big Screen TV,
  • Satellite,
  • Breakfast,
  • Casual Dining,
  • Family Dining,
  • Gluten Free Options,
    • Group Functions,
    • Sports Hangout,
    • Take Out,
    • Delivery,
    • Patio,
    • WiFi,
    • Little Italy Pizza,
  • more...
  • less...

Languages Spoken

  • English,

Getting There

  • College Street,
  • Little Italy,
Location
594 College St, Toronto, ON M6G 1B3
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Rates:

  • Affordable (Under $10),

Methods of Payment:

  • Travellers Cheques

Meet the owner

Making Italian food at home is fun with all the creativity you can put into it. You can mix practically anything into a pasta sauce so long as it tastes good to you. Even better than doing this at home is giving your executive orders to kitchen staff while eating out. You can sit back and sip your wine while you wait for your customised pizza or dish of pasta to arrive piping hot in front of you. “We call it the three P's menu,” says Café Diplomatico owner Rocco Mastrangelo Jr. “You get to pick your own noodle and sauce, your own pizza toppings and your own panini filling down to the last onion.”

Rocco’s dad and Uncle Paul started this three-generation family business when they opened in the spring of 1968. Rocco stepped in after university when he figured that it was a good fit. “I love working with people, I’ve always been a foodie and College Street was just starting to become trendy then.”

The brothers named the spot Café Diplomatico to welcome homesick Italians who were looking for a political debate over coffee as well as to show non-Italians that they were welcome.

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Service is alright but the food is horrible. Probably the one of the worst "italian" restaurants i have been to. decent place for drinks and cheap appretizers on a nice summer day to eat outside on their patio.

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