About
The Italian American Community Center, located at 257 Washington Ave Ext, Albany, NY, serves as a prominent venue for cultural events, banquets, weddings, and various community gatherings. It's known for its spacious ballrooms, catering services, and dedication to preserving and celebrating Italian-American heritage and community spirit.
Information regarding the presence of pools or their temperatures is not available for The Italian American Community Center.
What are people saying (AI review summary)? This venue, often functioning as a community center or event space, is highly praised for its excellent catering, particularly from 2Shea caterers. Reviewers highlight specific weekly events: a luxurious Monday night Italian buffet, featuring a fancy ambiance, attentive service, a custom pasta station, and a vast (albeit very sweet) dessert array; and popular Friday night events, especially in the summer, noted for 'out of this world' pizza, great lasagna, and fried dough. The facility also includes a well-maintained swimming pool. Overall, it is recommended as an excellent place for various events, offering great food and service.
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Accessible Restroom
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November 13th, 2019Victoria Lacagnina
Probably the nicest buffet I've ever been to. They only host this buffet once a week every Monday night for 3 hours. The space, which looks like a fancy banquet area, was filled with nicely set tables in a finely lit area. The staff were friendly and our waiter was very attentive and professional. I enjoyed the selections they had spread out and it was some of the tastiest Italian food I've had. They had a pasta station there that I found interesting where someone actively cooked a small pasta dish for you with your choice of pasta and sauces. They had a large, beautiful dessert table filled with a wide array of desserts that I and others at my table enjoyed sampling. Unfortunately a lot of the desserts I found too loaded up on sugar so I couldn't finish most of them, but the taste was satisfying. I enjoyed the experience and wouldn't mind going again sometime in the future. If you enjoy Italian food and have a major sweet tooth then I definitely recommend this company's Monday night buffet.
August 29th, 2025Richard Kissane
Went to the Friday night event in the pavilion, great pizza, lasagna and fried dough.
August 2nd, 2025Albert Pagano
Local Community center with a well maintained swimming pool and excellent catering from 2Shea caterers.
August 6th, 2025Larry Flynn
There summer Friday night pizza is out of this world.
May 13th, 2022Lily Sabin Comfortside
Excellent place to fo all sorts of events!
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Opening Hours
| Sunday | Closed |
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| Monday | 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM |
| Tuesday | 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM |
| Wednesday | 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM |
| Thursday | 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM |
| Friday | 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
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