The Dirty Italian — Restaurant in Boston

After driving by this small and unassuming place AND seeing it on phantom gourmet, I decided to try it out. We ordered several sandwiches and mini cannoli for a work luncheon and decided to try somewhere new. WHAT A HIT. We ordered the roma, the godmother, the godfather and the namesake, the dirty italian. They were all the perfect ratio of meat to bread to dressing. The bread was soft and fresh. Talya was so helpful in coordinating the order and delivery. We also have a gluten allergy in the party and TDI was so diligent in preparing and marking down the order. It was an absolute breeze! And the mini cannoli......omg?! the little cinnamon in the shells. omg

Can't wait to try more of the menu! I really thought about gatekeeping this place, but I truly can't help but exclaim my praises! My folks thought it was better than pauli's, sam lagrassa's, and monica's! A much better price point too! Thank you to Talya and her hardworking team!! Can't wait to try more of the menu! I really thought about gatekeeping this place, but I truly can't help but exclaim my praises! My folks thought it was better than pauli's, sam lagrassa's, and monica's! Thank you to Talya and her...

GREAT CATERER FOR WEDDING AND BEST MEATBALLS EVER!!

We recently hired the Dirty Italian‘s catering service for my son’s wedding. We had heard by word of mouth how great the food was. Anything we needed, Talya and her staff were there for us during the reception. The delicious food was kept hot and replenished as needed.

We served chicken parm, meatballs, ziti, asparagus, chicken brocolli ziti and ceaser salad. She offers many gluten free options.

Little did we know at the time that Talya, the owner, would be such a great caring, professional owner/caterer! We are now proud to call her a friend!

My husband cannot get enough of Talya’s homemade meatballs. We live in the suburbs and have made numerous trips to get meatballs to satisfy my husband’s cravings.

We have since discovered that, at Talya’s shop, the sandwiches and double-dipped chocolate cannoli are to die for! Yum! Her homemade potato salad with eggs reminds my husband of his Mom’s.

I highly recommend the Dirty Italian to cater your next function as well as visiting their store for...

Not only do they have limited 'open' hours (not open late enough for evening/dinner orders), but they also close earlier than their listed hours of operation. Very unprofessional to see and experience. They started the process of closing at least 30 mins early. In the 10 minutes I was there, all of which were well before the listed closing time, I wasn't able to order what I wanted because they'd already packed their food away and turned off/cleaned their sandwich meat machine, they flipped their "open" sign to "closed" well before their listed closing time which led to two people who were attempting to come in for food being denied, and then they were vacuuming around my feet as I waited for the food that l was able to order. As a customer, people expect you to be fully open until your hours of operation end. Was only there for 10 mins and they let down three customers in that short amount of time. Overall, the food didn’t live up to expectations either. Agree with some other reviews that the bread leaves something...