Mancuso's Restaurant - Phoenix
The Mancuso family legacy started more than 50 years ago when they opened a dessert shop featuring Italian-inspired pastries. Years following, they opened several full-scale restaurants, ranging from a grand, ornate establishment focusing on banquets to Mancuso's Restaurant, which specializes in northern Italian cuisine and classic steakhouse fare.
Read MoreThe Mancusos can take credit for helping to shape the Valley restaurant scene. In the latest version of their restaurant, you'll find fun, festive lighting fixtures mixed in with classic steakhouse ambiance.
The menu, of course, is bountiful, and diners are encouraged to take advantage of the hearty offerings. Starters here are especially popular and tempting. From bruschetta topped with Roma tomatoes, fresh basil, garlic and olive oil to the beef & pork meatballs (with marinara sauce with the risotto of the day), they're generously portioned and meant for sharing.
House-made pastas are plentiful at Mancuso's. Baked meat lasagna, house-made cannelloni with beef, veal and Italian sausage, and rigatoni Bolognese are some of the highlights.
Steaks at Mancuso's, which are natural black angus, Midwestern grain fed beef, are wet aged for 28 days, then hand-cut in-house by the chefs. Choices include a 12-ounce New York prime, 16-ounce rib-eye and six-ounce filet.