Mi Scuzi in Erie

Was looking for a nice restaurant through the search system in the car and happened to find this one. They had an available table when we got there but I was under the impression that you generally need a reservation. It was packed when we left around 7 (on a Tuesday) so that's probably true!It doesn't look like much from the outside and you have to park on the street so you might have a bit of a walk....but they definitely surprised us once inside.It's a quaint, quiet place with an excellent selection of both food and wine. We selected a table in the bar and I enjoyed the rustic decor. The menu is quite diverse. I chose the pollo alla vodka with gnocchi and my husband had the Bistecca Marsala which was done perfectly!He orders his steak rare and many restaurants overdo it, so he was very happy that it actually was rare!He also had the wedding soup which was very clearly homemade and delicious. Both of our meals were very good. There was plenty on the plate, in fact I took about half of mine to go and I was still completely stuffed when we left!My favorite part of dinner is dessert, so we couldn't skip that! We split the Amaretto Mascarpone "Canalone" which was a pastry wrapped dessert which I had never even heard of before and it was absolutely delicious! Think pastry wrapped creamy, sweet cheese atop a custard. If you like custard-y style creamy desserts then you will be in heaven with this one!If I had to pick something to be critical of, I didn't taste any garlic in the garlic knots. They were still excellent fresh bread though and were topped with slivers of what was either Romano or Parmesan cheese.The husband is working a project up here for the next few months so we will definitely be back before this contract is up!

Very nice, cozy restaurant. Service and food were xlnt.

My fiancé and I recently had dinner with friends at Mi Scuzi and it was delicious. The pasta was handmade and was phenomenal, as was the red sauce. The garlic knots were outstanding and we could have eaten three baskets of them. I look forward to going back and trying the ravioli.