The Chef is Adriano DiMario, a native of Rome.  Chef Adriano DiMario, who has been cooking professionally for roughly 40 years, considers himself "retired" while cooking at his intimate little restaurant. DiMario  opened Cafe Lazio in April 2007.  Open for lunch and dinner from Monday through Friday, Chef DiMario cooks what he wants focusing on Italian and Italian-American classics and some of his own "special" creations, all done with skill, knowledge, heart and generosity. DiMario's early cooking days started in his native country of Italy. When he came to North America, he initially moved to Mexico, where he started the restaurant, Mama Mia, in San Miguel de Allende in the 1970's. While cooking there, DiMario cooked for the President of Mexico as well as a visiting Queen Elizabeth.

From Mexico, DiMario moved to the United States, specifically to Connecticut, where he eventually opened a couple of restaurants, that became quite popular in the 80's and 90's, in particular, The Bridge Cafe in Westport and Spagone in Ridgefield. His diners there included Martha Stewart, amongst others. DiMario sold those restaurants and left Connecticut a few years ago to retire to a farm in Washington County. Ever the cook, he was lured into starting another restaurant up here, this time in Hudson Falls, on the site of what is now  El Mexicano. Unfortunately for DiMario, he was injured in an automobile accident and had to give that restaurant up. After some time for recovery, he came back up to open The Cafe Lazio in its current location.  (Article courtesy of "docsconz") "http://docsconz.typepad.com:80/docsconz_the_blog/top-tastes/" 

Originally opened  as primarily an Italian bakery and cafe, Cafe Lazio evolved into a savory restaurant featuring DiMario's delicious cooking (he grows a lot of his produce himself and imports other items from Italy), while maintaining his pastry touch with a few well-executed desserts including outstanding classic Italian pastries and an amazing flourless chocolate cake.

"Our Mission" 

To re-awaken fond food memories and enlighten your palate at a very fair price.  We are dedicated to excellent customer service and customer satisfaction.

"Special" creations, done with skill, knowledge, heart and generosity!

Where Are We?

 Cafe Lazio is located at 313 Bay road, just south of Quaker Road, in the town of  Queensbury.  Queensbury, NY  is located the Adirondacks of Upstate NY.  It is bordered by neighboring city of Glens Falls, Hudson Falls and Lake George.  We  approximately 10 minutes to Lake George village and 15-20 minutes from Historical Saratoga Springs and the Saratoga Race track. We are 5 minutes from the Queensbury Hotel and the Glens Falls civic center (Adirondack Phantoms Hockey), and about 10 minutes from the Great Escape and the Great Escape Lodge and indoor water park. For map of our location go to "contact us" page.

Some of these amazing culinary photo's are courtesy of  "docsconz"   Culinary Writer, Photographer and Enthusiast.  http://docsconz.typepad.com/docsconz_the_blog/