Falmouth, Massachusetts on beautiful Cape Cod, offers the best in seaside fun: during the height of the summer season, through the gorgeous fall weather or even off-season when the ocean is cold and dramatic. Certainly a traveler expects to find delicious local seafood, and if you love Italian food, Falmouth offers three exceptional Italian restaurants for your dining pleasure after a busy day along the shore.
Picturesque Main Street is home to La Cucina Sul Mare, where Chef Mark Cilfone's cuisine features locally sourced, organic ingredients and tempting Northern-Italian-style dishes, such as clams oreganato, scrod Milanese, veal or chicken piccata and a wide variety of pastas and homemade desserts. The restaurant is open year-round, daily from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 to 10 p.m.; be sure to call and check for off-season hours; reservations are not accepted.
La Cucina Sul Mare
237 Main Street, Falmouth, MA 02540
508-548-5600
lacucinasulmare.com
The Bartolomei family arrived in America in 1914 and opened their first Cape Cod restaurant in 1949. The flagship restaurant, Landucci Italia, celebrates the best of the Cape and Italian heritage, offering pancetta scallop, the Tuscan seafood stew called cacciucco, chicken gorgonzola, manicotti and eggplant al forno and many other favorites. Located in the Falmouth Inn, the restaurant is open daily for breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. and for dinner from 4:30 to 9 p.m.
Landucci Italia
824 Main Street, Falmouth, MA 02540
508-548-5000
landuccicapecod.com
Osteria La Civetta is also on Falmouth's Main Street, and serves genuine Emilia Romagna specialties made from local ingredients, such as sedanini al ragu (homemade pasta with a Bolognese meat sauce), pureed fava beans with sauteed spinach, grilled swordfish and homemade yogurt ice cream. The restaurant is open for lunch Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 2:30 p.m. and for dinner nightly from 5:30-9:30 p.m.; reservations are accepted; call for off-season hours.
Osteria La Civetta
133 Main Street, Falmouth, MA 02540
508-540-1616
osterialacivetta.com
