Trattoria Calabria

An unforgettable experience! Danny, the owner, is a gracious host who makes you feel like family the moment you walk in. The restaurant is only open one day a week with a single seating, and reservations are a must. There's no menu - everything is served family-style, and each dish is better than the last. You can truly taste Danny's passion in every bite of his homestyle Italian cooking. Absolutely excellent food!

Talk about hitting the Italian Food Lottery…in Utica!!! One seating at 6PM, no menu, byob, cash only. You eat what Dan serves…and what a character. Seven courses, 35 US Dollars!😎 excellent homemade Italian food. Call in advance for reservations, no walk ins.

Came to Utica for our anniversary trip and I am so glad I came across this restaurant! Danny was amazing. The food was phenomenal. The eggplant melted in your mouth and I typically don’t eat eggplant. Everything was just so good!

My girlfriend and I went to dinner there tonight, and it was easily the best dining experience I’ve ever had. The food is top notch, the service makes you feel at home, and the pleasure of talking to the owner, Danny, is priceless.

We enjoyed our first visit here tremendously. It’s not a conventional restaurant, but genuine family style Italian. It had multiple courses (I counted 7 including an ice cream sandwich dessert - the only thing that wasn’t made in their kitchen) all of which were excellent quality and flavor. We had a group of 10. The thing about Trattria Calabria is that it’s the menu of choice of the chef. All 6 dinner courses are decided and served by the staff. Danny is the owner and enjoys interacting with his customers serving, talking, joking, and even poking fun at them from time to time. A course by course breakdown would be a bit much, but I will say that the bruschetta and eggplant were my 2 favorites of the meal. Having said that everything was amazingly good. It is a BYOB restaurant, so we