Limoncello sits a few doors from North Square in Boston's North End, one of the neighborhood's remaining family-run restaurants. Owner Maurizio Badolato runs the kitchen on recipes passed down from his mother, Francesca "Concetta" Badolato, and the menu leans on dishes built around that lineage: Italian meatballs, rosette pasta, and a fusilli ragu of lamb, veal, and red peppers.
The broader menu covers familiar Italian ground — pasta alla vongole, eggplant rollatini, chicken parmigiana — alongside a rosetta al montasio made with housemade pasta, cheese, and prosciutto in a creamy tomato sauce, and a tender vitello piccata. Tiramisu and housemade limoncello round out the dessert end.
The restaurant offers dining in, takeout, and an outdoor patio, drawing a mix of locals alongside the tourist traffic that moves through the North End.
The broader menu covers familiar Italian ground — pasta alla vongole, eggplant rollatini, chicken parmigiana — alongside a rosetta al montasio made with housemade pasta, cheese, and prosciutto in a creamy tomato sauce, and a tender vitello piccata. Tiramisu and housemade limoncello round out the dessert end.
The restaurant offers dining in, takeout, and an outdoor patio, drawing a mix of locals alongside the tourist traffic that moves through the North End.