La Scala Restaurant,

183 Shrewsbury Street, Worcester, 753-9912.

La Scala is a friendly neighborhood hangout, catering to volume eaters; this is the place to come when you're really hungry. Try the antipasto with sausage, a tower of mixed greens, tomatoes fresh from the garden, cheese, olives, and plenty of spicy sausage pieces, all tossed together like a salad. Other good choices are cavatelli with ricotta and sausage, grilled chicken in pesto over corkscrew pasta, and the classic aglio e olio. Both the homemade chicken soup and cannoli are topnotch.

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Price Range: $8 - $11.