Vico Ristorante Italiano Norwood

Vico does a great job giving you a North End feel, 5 minutes away. The sauce on everything was to die for. For all the veal eaters, I cut mine with a fork(you know that means it is cooked great).I loved the sauce on the chicken rustico too. I have been there many times and they have never failed me!

Ok Ill give it to this place, its good, really good, for the suburbs. Don't expect North End Italian anywhere around Dedham, Norwood or other suburban areas. However, this is as close to the ambiance and homey cooking you will find anywhere around here. This place sits on the backside of the sportsman club near the common in downtown Norwood, which is starting to come around but looks like its stuck in a Norman Rockwell 1950's postcard. The place is tiny, so I would recommend calling for a reservation since it gets packed and they only take reservations the old fashioned way, by phone. Its an old school interior, nothing fancy, but looks like a hole in the wall place which adds to the ambiance. Its run by a family, father chef, mother hostess and front of house and daughter waitstaff. Weekends I would assume there is a guy walking around singing opera for peoples birthdays which was funny. The menu is collection of all sorts of Italian specialities, the norms and others like seafood dishes. The wine list is pretty impressive, full of all sorts of Italian wines straight from Italy. The appetizers we ordered were decent, Burrata Caprese very tasty, hit the spot, fresh. The entrees, came out made to order, the Veal Saltimbocca was pretty good, good taste, not over the top, but had a decent taste, could of used more spice, but I liked it. Farfalle Boscaiola was ok, again needed more spice but not bad. Desserts, Tiramisu was excellent, but the Nutella Creme Brule was a mess and not settled right. Prices were decent for the portions etc. and in all not a bad meal, for the suburbs.