Lombardo’s opens third Westchester location in Scarsdale, keeps same menu

Lombardo’s brought its Westchester formula to Scarsdale with very little tinkering, and that is the point. The family opened its third county location on May 13 with the same chef, the same recipes, the same menu and the same basic ambiance it has used to build loyalty in Dobbs Ferry and White Plains.

The new room at 919 Central Park Avenue South did not arrive by accident. Greenburgh Planning Board records show the restaurant went through a special use permit process, with the existing restaurant use approved for 86 seats and a proposal to add 17 more, bringing the total to 103. It is a measured expansion, not a reinvention, and it puts a new Lombardo’s into a busy shopping center where the brand already has name recognition. Mario Lombardo and his son-in-law Alberto Sivo are the co-owners steering that growth.

That sense of continuity is baked into the menu as much as the ownership. Lombardo’s dinner list includes Pasta Fagioli, Wild Mushroom Gemelli and Bolognese, while the lunch and takeout menus push even deeper into the comfort-food lane with Sweet Potato Gnocchi, Linguine & Clams, Spaghetti & Meatballs, Spinach & Cheese Ravioli, Lombardo’s Lasagna, Pesto Gnocchi and Manicotti. The wider menu also leans on familiar Italian-American staples such as tortelloni in broth, fettuccine Alfredo, linguine carbonara and tortellini alla panna. This is not a pizzeria with a few pasta add-ons. Pasta is a central part of the identity.

That identity matters because Lombardo’s has been building the same family-owned, community-friendly image across Westchester for years. Its White Plains location was previously described as a 75-seat family-style Italian-American pizza restaurant and market, complete with a market section for takeout goods. Scarsdale extends that same idea into another neighborhood that already knows the brand.

For diners sorting through a crowded suburban Italian scene, Lombardo’s is making a simple case: the appeal is the repeatability. The Scarsdale opening does not change the formula. It puts the formula where more Westchester regulars can use it.