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Heavily processed food, deep-frozen in huge warehouses, just like mama never used to make it.
— GTA IV Manual Description.

Al Dente's is an Italian restaurant chain featured in Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Grand Theft Auto V, and Grand Theft Auto Online.

Description[]

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The restaurant has several locations around Liberty City and Los Santos, but the player cannot visit any location. Al Dente's serves "authentic" heavily processed and deep-frozen Italian cuisine the American way with large portions that are "tasteless and unhealthy". According to a GTA IV radio commercial, Al Dente's restaurants are conveniently located near strip malls, much like any real-life casual dining chain.

Al Dente's is one of only a handful of businesses advertised on the radio that appears in-game in Liberty City. Its chain of restaurants is predominantly dotted within Algonquin, with the Al Dente's signage, represented by a fork and pasta, present on each restaurant.

They are one of the official sponsors of the CNT program I'm Rich.

Influence[]

The restaurant is likely a spoof of the Olive Garden, as its logo bears a prominent resemblance to that used by Olive Garden between 1998 and 2014. It could also be a spoof of Al Fresco's as both companies are Italian and share a similar name.

Al Dente's was also the name of a pizzeria chain across the country that served as a front for the Italian-American mafia, through which they smuggled more than one and a half billion dollars worth of heroin [1].

Locations[]

Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars[]

Grand Theft Auto IV[]

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars[]

Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online[]

Trivia[]

  • The term "al dente" refers to pasta cooked so as to be firm but not hard.
  • L.C.H.C DJ Jimmy Gestapo rants about how Al Dente's made him puke on his guitar player's foot and goes on to say "Why do we fuck up other countries' foods?"
  • In Grand Theft Auto V, the radio station that plays inside the Vespucci Canals and Vespucci Beach branches is WorldWide FM, while the radio station that plays inside the Burton and Del Perro branches is Non-Stop-Pop FM.

References[]

Navigation[]

Navigation
[ ve ]Restaurants and bars in the HD Universe
Fast Food and Diners
Liberty City60 Diner | 69th Street Diner | Bite! | Burger Shot | Chihuahua Hotdogs | Cluckin' Bell | Creek Street Diner | Ruby's Southern Soul Food | Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts | S & D Diner | Wigwam Burger
AlderneyBite! | Burger Shot | Chihuahua Hotdogs | Cluckin' Bell | Diner Bar Cocktails | Skyway Diner | Wigwam Burger
Los SantosBeefy Bill's Burger Bar | Bishop's Chicken | Bite! | Burger Shot | Casey's Diner | Chihuahua Hotdogs | Clappers | Cluckin' Bell | Gyro Day Hot Food | Horny's Burgers | La Vaca Loca | Lagoon's Diner | Last Train in Los Santos | Lucky Plucker | Pebble Dash Pizza | Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts | Slice 'N' Dice Pizzeria | Snr. Buns | Spitroasters Meathouse | Surfries Diner | Taco Bomb | The Taco Farmer | Taco Libre | Up-n-Atom Burger | Wigwam Burger
Los Santos
County
Chihuahua Hotdogs | Mom's Pie Diner
Blaine CountyBayview Lodge | Chihuahua Hotdogs | Famous Hamburgers | Rex's Diner | The Taco Farmer | Up-n-Atom Burger |
Bolt Burgers*
Traditional Restaurants
Liberty CityAl Dente's | Alazone's Italian Food | Ali Mac's Bistro | Big Wang Restaurant | Da Cruz Restaurant & Deli | Drusilla's | Fanny Crab's | The Flaming Fez | Fudz's Delicatessen | Gelateria Pasta Liquor Pizza | Gozushi! | Gulag Garden | Little Gorbachefs |Out of Towners | Pizza This... | Poop Deck | Squid Row | Sum Yung Gai | S'wish Pizza | Viendemorte | Vinewood Bar & Grill
AlderneyFanny Crab's | Gozushi! | Mr. Fuk's Rice Box | Nonna Pina's | Pizza This... | Squid Row
Los Santos24-Hour Chinese Restaurant | Al Dente's | Attack-a-Taco | Beachwalk Bistro | Del Perro Restaurant Plaza | The Fish Net | Haute | Hearty Taco | Jazz Desserts | La Spada | Les Bianco | Las Cuadras | Noodle Exchange | Nutsaki | Out of Towners | Pipeline Inn | Pizza This... | S. Ho Korean Noodle House | Sharkies Bites | Singleton's | The Split Kipper | Viendemorte | Vinewood Bar & Grill | Wok It Off
Cafes
Liberty City8-Ball Cafe Bar | Bean Machine | Homebrew Café | Superstar Café | TW@ | Wilberts' Coffee and Tea
AlderneyGreasy Joe's Café*
Los SantosBean Machine | Café Austère | Café Redemption | Cafe Vespucci | Coconut Café | Cool Beans | Crucial Fix | Dune-O's Beach Café | Ground & Pound Café | Hit 'n' Run Coffee | Hwan Café | Java Update Coffeeshop | Little Teapot | TW@
Blaine CountySkyview Pala Springs Cafébar
Tarbrush Café*
Bars
Liberty City8-Ball Cafe Bar | Comrades Bar | Donnies Bar | Homebrew Café | Jerkov's | Lucky Winkles | Ming Inn | Out of Towners | Steinway Beer Garden | The Bay Bar
AlderneyDiner Bar Cocktails | Leprechaun's Winklepicker
Los SantosHi-Men | Pitchers | Las Cuadras | Limey's Juice and Smoothies | Mirror Park Tavern | Out of Towners | Pipeline Inn | Shenanigan's Bar | Singleton's | The Lost MC Clubhouse | The Lust Resort
Blaine CountyThe Hen House | Hookies | Mojito Inn | Skyview Pala Springs Cafébar | The Bay Bar | Yellow Jack Inn
Crocs Bar*
* denotes the restaurant or bar has no physical appearances in the HD Universe

** denotes the restaurant or bar is accessible to the player in at least one of its appearances


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