Cafe Rustica A little bit of Italy in Great Neck Cafe Rustica was a welcome surprise. Despite a non-descript locale and suspect marketing, we found this to have some of the most authentic and delicious Italian food in Great Neck Rating by steve: 4.5 stars I have to admit, I was a little skeptical about Cafe Rustica. Cafe Rustica was one of those restaurants I’d see pop up time and time again in coupon books and discount Web sites. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but sometimes if I see too many coupons I start to wonder if a restaurant isn’t desperate for customers. Making matters worse, a cadre of ne’er-do-wells decided to leave one-star reviews at Yelp, dragging its rating to an unpleasant low. I take all Yelp scores with a grain of salt, but I admit the rating did have an effect on my perception going in. Cafe Rustica certainly was not short on customers the Sunday evening we went. Every table was filled. It was interesting to me that both Cafe Rustica and Sushi Palace (very close to each other) were filled on Sunday nights when other restaurants tend to be on the empty side. I…
