For a quick dinner, the family and I went to an Italian restaurant that we had been hearing about for a while, called La Parolaccia.  I have a feeling that we will be coming back soon!

It definitely has an old-school Italian decor.

The normal bread was good, but instead of butter, it was served with a sun-dried tomato spread of some sort.  Delicious!

Sea bass, clams, shrimp, calamari, crabmeat prepared in a lightly spicy tomato sauce.

Delicious and definitely not skimping on the seafood!

Small beef meatballs, fresh tomato sauce, garlic, pecorino cheese, basil, topped with extra virgin olive oil.

I am very critical of meatballs, and these ones actually passed the test!

Rolled fresh pasta filled with shredded beef short ribs, parmesan and mozzarella cheese, blend of vegetables in a creamy béchamel tomato sauce.

I ordered this, and it was amazing.  Definitely one of the best pastas that I have eaten in a long, long time!

Rigatoni in a Bolognese sauce, small beef meatballs, topped with fresh mozzarella and grilled eggplant.

This dish was enormous, so my guy had a delicious lunch the next day.  🙂  Also, he is not the biggest eggplant fan, and he still loved this, so you know that it had to be good!

Now, I understand why it was so busy by the time we left.  🙂

I am so glad that we had the chance to cross this one off of my list.  🙂  Until next time, La Parolaccia!

La Parolaccia Osteria Italiana
2945 East Broadway
Long Beach, CA 90803
(562) 438-1235
laparolacciausa.com