Italia Gardens

Italia Gardens is a catering and Italian restaurant business in Flint, Michigan, located at G-3273 Miller Rd. The kitchen serves lunch Monday through Saturday from 11am to 3pm and dinner Monday through Saturday from 3pm to 9pm, with Sunday hours of 12pm to 8pm. The menu covers shareables and housemade bread sauces including tomato, meat, alfredo and quattro formaggio, a blend of fresh roasted garlic, four melted cheeses and pesto. Appetizers include barbequed ribs, Sicilian sausage topped with the original tomato sauce, mozzarella and provolone, and house-made meatballs. Chicken dishes include Chicken Alfredo tossed with fettuccini, Chicken Tetrazzini with roasted garlic, tomatoes and mushrooms in a parmesan cream sauce, Chicken Piccata with artichoke hearts, capers and lemon, and Chicken Parmigiano. Pasta offerings include Mostaccioli Al Forno, Eggplant Parmigiano, Manicotti and lasagna made with meat and ricotta cheese fresh daily from scratch. Main dishes include Shrimp Tetrazzini with Gulf shrimp, Seafood Pasta with Gulf shrimp and scallops, and Sausage Arrabbiata with spicy marinara, roasted onion, green pepper and sausage medallions. From the grill come St. Louis style ribs, barbequed chicken, salmon and ribeye, with sides such as spaghetti, fettuccini alfredo, fresh vegetable and roasted potatoes.

Italia Gardens traces its history to 1931, when Sicilian natives Albert and Josephine Barone emigrated to the United States just after the Great Depression and settled in Flint, where auto workers with little money filled the tables. The restaurant stayed in the family, passing to their Irish son-in-law Don Haley and his wife Enza, and then to the third generation, Don. It has moved and expanded its locations over the years while keeping a traditional approach, simmering its sauce the same way for nearly 90 years and serving meals meant to bring back memories and build new ones.

The restaurant sits on Miller Road, about a third of a mile from South Ballenger Highway and roughly half a mile from Swartz Creek Valley Park, Sarginson Park and Cummings Elementary School. The Swartz Creek river runs about four tenths of a mile away.

Italia Gardens holds a rating of 4.50 from the customers who have reviewed it.