Home-cooked Italian in Crystal Beach
Matty Matheson grew up in Fort Erie. He came home to open Rizzo's House of Parm with Our House Hospitality, an Italian-American dining room at 2 Ridgeway Road in Crystal Beach, on the Lake Erie shore. Air Canada enRoute ranked it #4 among Canada's Best New Restaurants.
Our kitchen cooks the food a family makes for Sunday supper. Your chicken, veal or eggplant parm comes with spaghetti on the side if you want it. We roll the ricotta gnocchi and fill the ravioli by hand, build Matty's tagliatelle bolognese on beef, veal and pork, and serve the meatballs in pomodoro. Start with garlic and parm focaccia, and save room for tiramisu or a cannoli.
We serve dinner every day, Monday to Friday from 4 to 9:30 pm and weekends from 2 to 10 pm. Book on OpenTable up to six weeks ahead; we keep only a few seats for walk-ins. Grab a picnic table on the patio when one is free, bring the kids for their own menu, or order takeout online while we're open. Ridgeway and downtown Fort Erie are a short drive away.
