Best Pizzerias in Jefferson Park

Buona Terra is a wonderful addition to the neighborhood. If you want a pizza or more traditional Italian, this is a great place. The space is small but you are not crouded in. I never had an uncomfortable moment . The best part is the food! It's great. Especiall the pasta dishes.

As usual the food and service was exceptional. However, due to a private party that took part of the dining room, the tables were pushed together resulting in overcrowding. This also took staff away from the normal service staff resulting in overworked servers. Our server,"Mayer?" did an excellent job in spite of the short staff. Was surprised that customers were actually turned away if they didn't have a reservation.

Food was great and fresh oddly enough I wasn’t expecting them to have such amazing Italian items! They’re bruschetta and meatball appetizer was as good as any top Italian restaurant

Everything was spot on. Teddy (our server) gave really good wine recommendations and the seasonal speciality pizza was a hit with roasted butternut squash. Susana was the hostess was extremely personable. Loved the grilled octopus as always. Forno continues to be a neighborhood staple.

We had reserved for a party of 17, but two canceled at the last minute so we had 15. It was an awkward set-up as, while we greatly preferred to sit at a long rectangular table, they had set up a large round table at the end of a shorter rectangle. The large round table did not really work for us. People at the rd table felt isolated. The manager, to his credit, recognized the awkwardness and comped us some apps. Very kind of him. Food as always was great. Altho the server was very busy and it was hard for her to give us the attention we needed - water, napkins, Togo containers, etc. We love malnatis tho. Will definitely try again.