Locali Mt Kisco

Ambience is a cozy Italian brick cafe / eatery. Queen pizza was so fresh & delish. Meatballs are tasty & soft. Arugula salad was perfect size and fresh as well. Server was attentive. There a back room for large groups with good enough privacy. Upfront has small leather booth seating which my 7 yr old lives. Friday and Saturday gets PACKED. Definitely will be back. Meter parking during the day only drawback but server reminds you.

It's no surprise that Locali feels like "Village Social Jr." because the same owners created it. The down side is the food feels more like "Village Social Tries To Do Italian" as opposed to an authentic Italian Restaurant experience.

Food is excellent in taste but stingy on the pasta (with pasta entres for instance), just like Village Social. Feels more "New Age" than true Italy. The pizza selection feels like older selections from guess where? VS! Again they are delicious but they are not very Italian. (There wasn't even a real classic pizza on the menu... I mean really? ).

Stars subtracted for less than mediocre service the night we were there, plus DUN-DUN-DUHHHH... the "Back Room"... Do not sit there. The acoustics are so HURT YOUR EARS Loud, several people from tables next to us were looking at each other (and me) smiling incredulously like "what the heck I can't hear myself think". They left quickly.

Lastly two tables that were seated AFTER we had ordered our hors d'oeurves got there appetizers way before we did (and we only ordered one... the calamari which was 5 star excellent). Had to get up and complain before getting served. On the plus side there's a great waiter-in-training back there. Much better than the experienced guy who ignored our table and never apologized.

It's all teething pains. I'm sure they will fix the issues because they do care. Just might need some time.