Dip Breakfast Special
CA$10.00Two eggs cooked to your choice, bacon or sausage or peameal bacon, toast and potato puffs with coffee or tea
Cafe Diplomatico Restaurant & Pizzeria, located at 594 College St in Toronto's Little Italy, offers a welcoming Italian dining experience built around traditional pizzas, comforting pasta dishes, and casual café favourites. The menu combines classic Italian flavours with approachable options for families, couples, and groups. Pizza, pasta, antipasti, espresso, and refreshing beverages provide variety throughout the day.
The restaurant's appeal lies in its generous portions, familiar ingredients, and satisfying balance of rich sauces, melted cheese, and fresh vegetables. Pizza and pasta are particularly attractive choices for diners seeking hearty meals at reasonable mid-range prices. Vegetarian-friendly selections make sharing easy, while simpler pizzas and pasta dishes suit younger guests. Gluten-free diners should confirm available substitutions. The menu works especially well for relaxed lunches, casual dinners, and group gatherings, with coffee offering an additional café-style experience.
Menu Highlights
1. Traditional Thin-Crust Pizza - Crisp, golden crust layered with signature tomato sauce, melted cheese, and customizable toppings. A standout choice for sharing.
2. Pasta al Forno - Baked rigatoni with prosciutto cotto, mushrooms, hot peppers, mozzarella, and creamy rosé sauce delivers rich, savoury flavour.
3. Chicken Parmigiana - Tender breaded chicken topped with tomato sauce and melted mozzarella creates a comforting Italian classic.
4. Pasta alla Pescatora - Spaghetti with mixed seafood in white wine or tomato sauce offers a satisfying combination of delicate seafood and aromatic flavours.
5. Mama’s Chicken Sandwich - Chicken cutlet, mozzarella, sautéed peppers, onions, and plum tomato sauce create a hearty, flavourful sandwich.
6. Eggplant Parmigiana - A satisfying vegetarian-friendly Italian favourite featuring tender eggplant and savoury, comforting flavours.
7. Calzone - Baked pizza dough enclosing customizable fillings provides a delicious alternative to traditional pizza.
Two eggs cooked to your choice, bacon or sausage or peameal bacon, toast and potato puffs with coffee or tea
Served with bacon or sausage or peameal bacon and potato puffs with coffee or tea
Dip omelette with mozzarella cheese, green peppers, mushrooms, toast and potato puffs, with coffee or tea
Two eggs, hot peppers, onions and tomato sauce. Served with bacon or sausage or peameal bacon, toast and potato puffs, with coffee or tea
Bacon or peameal bacon, egg, lettuce & tomato (choice of toast) served with potato puffs with coffee or tea
Open face french toast topped with two eggs over easy, served with sausage or bacon or peameal bacon and coffee or tea
4 oz. AAA NY Striploin, served with toast, sliced tomatoes, potato puffs with your choice of bacon or sausage or peameal bacon and coffee or tea
Two poached eggs & peameal bacon, topped with hollandaise sauce, on a toasted english muffin. Choice of bacon or sausage or peameal bacon, potato puffs with coffee or tea
Two poached eggs, topped with hollandaise sauce, spinach, on a toasted english muffin. Choice of bacon or sausage or peameal bacon, potato puffs with coffee or tea.
Texas Toast (white or brown) Dark Rye
Cinnamon, Lemon Poppy, Chocolate, Belgian Chocolate
Ricotta & Chocolate chip or Pistachio
with gelato
pecan, plain, raisin with gelato
Tiramisu, Chocolate Cake, Carrot Cake, Cheesecake of the Day
Creamy chocolate ice cream around a center of zabaglione, covered in semi-sweet cocoa
A delicious crepe filled with creamy vanilla ice cream
Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry, Lemon, Pistachio, Hazelnut
Kahlua, Bailey’s & Grand Marnier
Kahlua, Brandy
Kahlua, Amaretto & Creme de Bananes
Grand Marnier & Tea
Irish Whiskey topped w/ Irish Mist
Frangelico & Kahlua
Kahlua & Grand Marnier
Cafe Latte w/ Amaretto & Sambuca
Irish Cream & Swiss Chocolate Almond
Add steamed milk $0.80
Large Bowl $8
Add whip cream $1.00
Orange Pekoe, Chamomile, Peppermint, English Breakfast, Earl Grey, Ginger Tea, Green Tea, Chai Tea
w/ mozzarella cheese $10
w/ mozzarella cheese $13
Grilled portobello mushrooms marinated with truffle oil, garlic and parsley served on a crostini - add feta cheese $2.5
A seasonal blend of garden tomatoes, onions and cucumber, topped with feta cheese served chilled on a crisp pizza crust
House made tender veal meatballs slow cooked in a rich tomato sauce Add mozzarella $2
Tender, seared thinly sliced pieces of rare beef, served on a bed of arugula with shaved padano cheese
Capicollo and salami, provolone cheese, giardiniera (pickled vegetables) and Kalamata olives
Hot cacciatore sausage, prosciutto, padano cheese, Moroccan pitted black olives, vine tomatoes, bocconcini cheese and crostini
Sundried tomatoes, artichokes, spicy eggplant, spicy mushrooms, and Kalamata olives
Risotto balls, tomato sauce for dipping
Fresh pasta breaded and filled with creamy mozzarella cheese
Deep fried calamari and shrimp
Tiger shrimp sauteed in a spicy cherry tomato sauce served with oven baked crostini bread
Your choice of a white wine or tomato sauce
with a mixed green salad
Lentils with tubetini pasta in a vegetable broth
Romano beans, plum tomatoes and tubetini pasta in a tomato broth
A blend of fresh vegetables with tubetini pasta
vegetable broth
Romaine lettuce, kalamata olives, tomato, cucumber and onion
Sliced tomatoes, bocconcino cheese, basil and drizzled with olive oil
Spinach, truffle portobello mushroom, sliced almonds, shaved Padano cheese
Tomato, cucumber, red onion, avocado, croutons
w/ provolone or havarti add $1.3
Tuna on marble rye with spinach and melted havarti
Extra fish add $6.2
Tomato, onions and lettuce Additional toppings: choice of cheddar cheese, havarti cheese, bacon, portobello mushrooms - add $2 ea.
Tomato, onions and lettuce Additional toppings: choice of cheddar cheese, havarti cheese, bacon, portobello mushrooms - add $2 ea.
Chicken cutlet topped with mozzarella cheese, sautéed hot peppers and onions, smothered in fresh plum tomato sauce
Salami, capicollo, provolone cheese, lettuce and tomato
Italian bun w/grilled chicken, bacon, lettuce, tomato & mayo
w/ lettuce & tomato
Prosciutto, bocconcini, tomato, arugula, fresh basil, italian herbs & lighty drizzled w/ olive oil
topped with fried roasted red peppers & onions
w/ pomodoro sauce & mozzarella cheese
w/ pomodoro sauce
Marinated 4.5 oz. striplion w/ fried onions & garlic
10 oz. USA Prime rib-eye steak, aged to perfection & grilled to your liking. Add Grilled Shrimp $10 or Grilled Calamari $9
Sautéed with mushrooms in a white wine cream sauce
Baked basa fillet topped with cherry tomatoes, capers and black olives
Grilled marinated veal
Breaded veal topped with tomato sauce and melted mozzarella cheese
Breaded chicken topped with tomato sauce and melted mozzarella cheese
(Mediterranean Sea Bass)
Rigatoni baked w/ prosciutto-cotto, mushrooms, hot peppers and melted mozzarella in a rosé sauce
Spaghetti with mixed seafood in a white wine or tomato sauce
tomato sauce
tomato sauce with bacon and hot peppers
garlic, olive oil & hot peppers
tomato sauce w/ mushrooms, olives & hot peppers
cream sauce
tomato cream sauce
cream sauce w/ bacon and mushrooms
tomato meat sauce
baby clams w/ white wine or tomato sauce
vodka tomato cream sauce
w/ cream sauce
cherry tomatoes, capers and black moroccan olives
shrimps w/ spicy cherry tomato sauce
sautéed portobello mushroom, cream sauce w/ truffle oil
mixed vegetables in a cream sauce
reg. or whole wheat
Onions, pepperoni, mushrooms, bacon, fresh jalapenos, sliced tomatoes, green peppers, anchovies, green olives, black olives
Spinach, roasted red peppers, sundried tomatoes, spicy eggplant, grilled artichokes, bocconcino, salami, capicollo, feta cheese
Goat cheese, grilled portobello mushrooms, spicy cacciatore sausage, moroccan black pitted olives, prosciutto cotto, prosciutto, arugula, Italian sausage [side 6 oz. chicken breast - add $9)
broccoli, cauliflower & carrots
Rigatoni topped w/ mixed vegetables in a cream sauce
grilled marinated veal
spaghetti with mixed seafood in a white wine or tomato sauce
rigatoni rose baked w/ prosciutto cotto, mushrooms, hot peppers and melted mozzarella