Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano is an Italian-American restaurant in the Grand Avenue area at Disney's Hollywood Studios.[1] Located near Muppet*Vision 3D and Star Tours,[2] the restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine, serving such dishes as ossobuco, wood-fired flatbread pizza, and grilled salmon and sausage grinders.[3] A Fantasmic! dinner package is available that grants restaurant guests quicker access to this show.[4] This package is also offered at two other restaurants in the park: the Hollywood Brown Derby and Hollywood & Vine.[5] Ron Douglas included the recipe for Mama Melrose's cappuccino crème brûlée in his cookbook America's Most Wanted Recipes: Just Desserts.[6]
Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano | |
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Restaurant information | |
Owner(s) | Walt Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products |
Food type | Italian-American cuisine |
City | Bay Lake |
County | Orange County |
State | Florida |
Postal/ZIP Code | 32830 |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 28°21′16″N 81°33′33″W / 28.3545657°N 81.5591489°W |
Website | Official website |
Mama Melrose's is decorated with film memorabilia and Italian bric-à-brac.[7] The restaurant's background music consists of songs sung by such Italian-American singers as Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra.[8]
"California Dreamin'" - The Mamas and the Papas
Walk of Life - Dire Straits
It Never Rains in Southern California - Albert Hammond
That’s Amore - Dean Martin
Bella Notte - Instrumental