Cucina Espresso - Concord

Ordered the Lamp pot pie from the specials menu and lasagne. Am not usually a fan of lamb but this pie was just very hearty and divine. Lasagne was also tasty, though it could use a bit more salt. It would be even better if they also offered a small parmesan cheese top-up bowl like in other Italian restaurants. There is a pleasant outdoor seating area on the street side but is usually packed. They also offer take home pasta/lasagne meals too.

Nice place, quality food and ingredients. nice coffee.

In Short: A warm welcome from Rocca awaits you when you visit Cucina Espresso in Concord. Once he has your order he will hand off the ticket to Carlo in the kitchen, who will then apply technique and create flavourful and beautifully presented plates of food that draws on his Italian heritage. My tip is, your orders has to include the breakfast arancini. You will be surprised and delighted.

Cucina Espresso has racked up nearly eight years of operation. You’ll find the family-run café in Concord’s main shopping strip, which takes up the better part of three blocks of Majors Bay Road. Cafes and restaurants make up a good many of the businesses in this strip, so competition for the weekend breakfast spend is fierce. Cucina Espresso have risen to the challenge with an expanded menu of unique breakfast items, all while keeping a core menu for the bacon-and-eggs brigade.Rather than employing fusion, chef Carlo Calautti’s menu innovations are unified by staying faithful to Italianate flavours and techniques. His Breakfast Arancini $16.90) is a moment of pure genius. To make it...

HELLO breakfast lovers. I am back at Cucina Espresso as they have a number of new menu items. I am here at 8:30am to avoid the crowds that come a bit later. Matt's tastebuds are excited as he really enjoyed our last visit. Cucina Espresso is a cafe located on the main strip of Concord. They are best known for their creative breakfast dishes with an Italian twists. There's a queue of coffee lovers as I enter Cucina Espresso on this particular Saturday morning. FOR photos and full review, read my blogpost