Corso 98
“We have vegans in our household and they are cared for along with the meat-eaters, who lean toward the restaurant's terrific steaks.”
“This restaurant is tucked in on one of the side streets of Montclair and parking is a challenge.”
“Corso 98 is quite reasonably priced and because it's BYOB the wine was priced right too!”
Corso 98
Takes Reservations: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$$ Price range $31-60
7 reviews
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Wow- super impressed. Excellent service, excellent food and the price is defiantly right. They serve authentic Italian food and the service is that of a New York City Michelin stared restaurant. We will most certainly be back.
Great homemade pastas! So hard to find places that really make their own instead of just opening a box and pouring some sauce over it. The service is really good and the atmosphere is nice and chill. Gotta love that it's a BYOB, too. Will plan on going back soon!
AMAZING! Excellent food!! I can't say enough great things about this restaurant from their complimentary toasted bread to the owner and his family being great hosts and so welcoming. You can tell a lot of love is put into this restaurant.
If it's on the specials – get the OSSO BUCO – you will not regret it! So melt-in-your-mouth delicious. The best I've ever had.
The steaks were cooked a perfect medium rare. Everything was so good. Love this restaurant.
The Sandwiches here must be capitalized. Only like 3 or 4 tables (counting the sidewalk and the ones situated inside), so I'd prefer to keep everyone in the dark on this place. I watch locally sourced farm goods being delivered into the kitchen. Every ingredient here is fresh and tasty. Leave with a slice of the homemade crumb cake to have with coffee.
4.5 – I'll round up.
I don't really eat pasta. I would like to very much but it doesn't fit my macros (#iifym). At the same time, I too blame it on the town itself that I haven't been up on my Italian game. Montclair is UBIQUITOUS for Italian restaurants. And the fact that really good pizza is in the mix, makes it even harder to crave Italian food all the time, especially since I would choose pizza involuntarily over pasta any day. Honestly, I would have to eat Italian food almost every other day to make sure I tried every Italian inch of this town! But with that said, 16 months after becoming a Montclair resident, here we are.
So my boyfriend and I decided to try out Corso last Friday night for an early dinner. We figure if we get there before 6pm we should be able to get seats, which was true. We were greeted by a server who told us any table was free game, but the back part of the restaurant is slightly colder than the front. So we sat right in the middle of the restaurant. Throughout the whole night we were taken care of by multiple staff members, each one pleasant and informative as the next.
My boyfriend got suckered into getting CALAMARI as an appetizer, which I wasn't too keen on getting since I'm more of a dessert person and wanted to save room for it. For our main entrees, we both chose from the regular menu; HANGER STEAK for him, CHITARRA BOLOGNESE for moi.
First things first: THE BREAD BOWL. Country bread served with a side of zesty butter and olive/pesto paste: Thumbs up! The zesty butter I didn't care too much for, but the paste?!? Definitely slapped that on my bread in generous proportions. (It's usually a good sign for the rest of the night if bread bowl is already a win.)
Next, Calamari. Seasoned just right, not greasy, and uber CRUNCHY. How I wish calamari was like it everywhere.
Now mains. My dish was ridiculously waistline button poppin'. The pasta was down right F-R-E-S-H. Al dente, soft, and chewy; cooked to perfection. For $22, you can't beat it, especially since they give you a TON of meat, which by the way was a mix of beef, pork and veal. I took a bite of the Hanger Steak and it too was really really good. The fingerling potatoes were a little bigger than I had imagined but nonetheless very good. The steak was cooked perfectly and its drizzled sauce was full of flavor. If you love rosemary, this is your dish!
I didn't finish my meal so that I was able to order a dessert. The inner fat child in me would have went straight A-line for the gelato, but instead I got the ITALIAN ICEBOX. A little smaller than what I had expected for $8 but still very good. Can you deny chocolate and whipped cream?! I don't think so.
TIPS: If you're looking for a more formal setting for Italian food in Montclair, this would be the place. Two above Giotto, one above Fresco in formal dining, but not as stuffy as Fascino I would suppose. And more heartier than that new joint on Church Street with the fancy small plates.
Came here for my mother's birthday dinner. We did not have a reservation but staff was very welcoming and we were seated immediately.
Great service, friendly waiters, great food. Prices for dinner dishes ranged from approximately $30-40. Generous portions. I had a salad, lobster risotto, and chilean sea bass. For dessert I had strawberries with grand marnier. Loved everything. Will be back!
FYI-The restaurant is BYOB.
Went here saturday for the first time. Loved it. Prince Edward Island Mussels with sausage in broth was amazing. Wait staff very attentive. Osso bucco over risotto was awesome and they made it without cheese for me. BYO which is always nice. Definitely going back. Only negative parking. Usual Montclair pain in the butt.