Spaghetti Eddie's Glendora, Glendora

Featuring New York–style interpretations of regional Italian cuisine, Spaghetti Eddie’s menu embraces homestyle cooking from each side of the Atlantic. These iconic comfort foods incorporate locally sourced ingredients, imported goods, and Italian bread baked fresh daily, creating the hearty portions that prompted Inland Living magazine to write, “it’s easy to see why Spaghetti Eddie’s . . . is so popular.”

Although the name Spaghetti Eddie’s implies a limited selection of pasta dishes, the extensive menu fills its pages with everything from classic bruschetta to braised-beef short ribs. The pizzas begin as blank disks of freshly kneaded dough, which the chefs adorn with any of the 39 available toppings, including premium ingredients such as cappicola, goat cheese, and clams. Pastas do appear prominently, though, tempting diners with platefuls of rigatoni in a hearty beef bolognese sauce or fettuccine with buttery alfredo.

The main dining room embraces the restaurant’s Mediterranean roots. Faux windowsills and murals of Italian city streets line the walls, and strings of red, white, and green lights traverse the ceiling. Red awnings hang over a few of the room’s booths, sheltering the seats from the rays of imported Tuscan sunshine.