3 /5 Shari Raymond: Party of 5. No wait for a Saturday evening at 4:30pm. Ordered garlic “bread” and it was flat crust pizza like. Flavor not bad for garlic powder and cheese was melted to a caramel color. All of us ordered blue cheese for our house salad. Lettuce crisp and mixed with iceberg and spinach, small slice tomato and two slices pepperoni. Mine had no onion but partner’s had two large slices white onion. Dressing creamy but no chunks of blue cheese. There was enough for the whole salad without drowning it.
I had ricotta gnocchi with added meatballs. Gnocchi cooled quickly which made it sticky. Average taste to meatballs (2). They were not dry nor too tender they would fall apart. Simple spices. The red sauce was average. Not many spices detected but it was not offensive like some sauces that taste like a tin can. Partner had rigatoni with meatballs and mushrooms parmigiana. Plenty of pasta but the mushrooms were from a can - not fresh, 2 meatballs and again the sauce was average. Dish had quantity not quality. One prime rib special which was plentiful and not tough. Side of baked potato was excellent in portion and taste. The pork chop Marsala was a hit. Plenty of meat, lemon sauce not overpowering but the canned mushrooms were a disappointment. Last meal was chicken with mushrooms over bed of rice. Chicken tender, rice plentiful. Three of us shared a bottle of red wine. It was average in taste. One person had Sam Adam’s Oktoberfest beer and complimented how good it tasted.
