Business Description from the Web
Southern Italian restaurant specializing in spaghetti and meatballs, chicken cacciatore, rigatoni positano, and many more "immigrant" Italian dishes in a 1940s-50s Italian supper club atmosphere.
Come to Buca for enormous spoons, whopping bowls of pasta and Chianti served in tumblers. Down an appertif, enjoy spirits with your meal and top it off with a decadent torta formaggio that Tony Soprano would covet.
Posted by indy
on June 08, 2008
From the Italian language tapes in the bathroom to the three-liter bottles of Chianti on every table, the vibe here is exaggerated Italian-American kitsch. Boisterous, sprawling dining rooms are modeled after supper clubs of the '40s and '50s--servers holler, kitchen doors swing, and Sinatra rules the stereo. High-carb, red-sauced southern Italian cooking dominates the menu. And everything is...
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Tips About This Business
If you have a large party, reserve the circular "Pope's Table." Special occasion? Request the kitchen table, where diner's can watch all the behind-the-scenes restaurant action.
Editorial Reviews from the web
In Short Homesick for your mother's Italian cooking? Grab your appetite and head to this restaurant, where the friendly wait staff will serve up portions of Colosseum-esque proportions, like spaghetti and meatballs loaded with savory tomato sauce and lots of pungent garlic. Dishes center on Southern Italian immigrant fare, and are meant to be shared family-style with a large goblet of...
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Posted by Contributor
on April 21, 2009, (Edited October 05, 2008)
I prefer Downtown for the metro feel, but the service at the Castleton spot is consistently much better -- at least in my experience. Matt Gonzales at 10:20 AM on 10/05/07
This is the kind of place that is fun whether there are two or 16 in your party. Order dishes family-style, opt for the smaller portions of classic Italian dishes or go for more contemporary fare of full-flavor roasted meats accompanied by vegetables. If several are in your party, request one of the round tables that give everyone a chance to be seen and heard. There’s even a lazy Susan in...
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Posted by gayot
on July 02, 2007
Other Reviews from the web
We went here for a birthday celebration. With the exception of the salad, the food was mediocre at best. The atmosphere is noisy and the service was below expectations.
Posted by JenInIndy
on April 21, 2009, (Edited May 08, 2008)
I've been to Buca 3 times now, 2 of which I took out due to the worst customer service in town.
The hostess does not give a slightlest effort to smile at the guest. Plus, there is always a frowny guy standing by the host stand and stares at you like you're nothing but a trouble. I never felt welcome there.
The food is OK. Not bad, not good, just OK. Could be better for those prices...
But the...
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Posted by girl20
on April 21, 2009, (Edited April 26, 2008)
First out was the salad, which was of good size, it should be for $10.00, however i felt cheated out of the items that are traditonally served in an antipasto salad because it was mostly lettuce. On the salad there were 8 small triangles (a slice of luncheon meat cut in quarters) of pepperoni, and 8 small triangles of genoa salami. The provolone cheese was wafer thin (also looked like it was...
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Posted by djmeltdownil
on April 21, 2009, (Edited December 27, 2007)