Mosca’s Waggaman

Awards

OAD

North American Casual Restaurants 2026, 561

All OAD North American Casual in Waggaman All OAD North American Casual in United States

Chef

Mary Jo Mosca

Cuisine

Italian, Italian-Creole

• 2026

Dinner at Mosca's Restaurant

on 22 Feb 2026

by Ian McNulty

Chicken a la Grande on a grand Saturday night at @moscas1946 , our one of a kind Italian restaurant where any dinner feels like a family meal.

It also feels like the more people you bring here the more you get out of the experience, and the joy around this big table was as profuse as the garlic.

The platters come out of the kitchen and keep circulating around the table: a few orders of that chicken, oysters Mosca, of course, shrimp Mosca cooked in shell, crab salads, sausage Johnny,... More

Chicken a la Grande on a grand Saturday night at @moscas1946 , our one of a kind Italian restaurant where any dinner feels like a family meal.

It also feels like the more people you bring here the more you get out of the experience, and the joy around this big table was as profuse as the garlic.

The platters come out of the kitchen and keep circulating around the table: a few orders of that chicken, oysters Mosca, of course, shrimp Mosca cooked in shell, crab salads, sausage Johnny, garlicky spaghetti, and the one and only pineapple fluff dessert.

The menu doesn’t change but I am forever learning new ways to enjoy it — this time, twirl some spaghetti through the oysters Mosca.

Great to see the @thebywaterca crew coming to the source and meeting the masters too.

Cash only as always. And as always, so worth the trip.

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