At Bado's Cucina, a wood-burning oven sets the Italian-inspired menu apart
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Chef Tom Wurst tends to the wood-burning oven, a centerpiece of the kitchen at Bado's Cucina in Peters.
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Bado's Cucina is a cozy, quiet restaurant in Peters. Italian in spirit, it's not rooted in any particular Italian tradition. Although 5 years old, it still has the feeling of a discovery, in part because of its location. Tucked away in a sprawling commercial district, Bado's Cucina feels like a neighborhood restaurant despite the lack of a neighborhood.
There may be scores of Italian restaurants in the region, but Bado's Cucina distinguishes itself by cooking many of its dishes in a wood-burning oven. The rustic, pretty dining room looks onto the open kitchen, where the oven does double duty as a welcoming hearth. Sam Badolato is the owner and the restaurant's namesake, but recently Tom Wurst, his sous-chef, has been running the kitchen.
The menu was divided into antipasto, primi, secondi, contorni (side dishes), pizza and flatbreads, and dolce (sweets) to finish. These were mostly small plates, with small prices to match. Some were just half a dozen bites, which made it easy to sample multiple courses. Sharing was encouraged, and servers happily defaulted to family style, bringing extra plates and placing dishes in the center of the table.
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3825 Washington Road
Peters
Badocucina.com
724-942-3904
- Hours: Tuesdays-Thursdays, 5-10 p.m., Fridays-Saturdays, 5-11 p.m.
- Basics: Italian-inspired small plates, many of them cooked in a wood-burning oven, make for a fun and varied dinner. The cozy setting, with an extra glow from the fire, is especially enticing during the winter months.
- Recommended dishes: Lamb chops with tomato and honey paste, beans with sweet sausage, pork tenderloin with figs and cranberry marsala sauce, Caesar salad, mushroom truffle flatbread, roasted Tuscan Pecorino Romano on cinnamon toast.
First Published November 3, 2011 12:00 am
