Is located on the SE corner of Forest & Preston Rd. in Dallas, TX
Dinner for 2 runs about $30 - $50. The atmosphere is is upscale and comfortable, wait staff informal, friendly and personable.
The menu is traditional Italian, tasty specials, but limited for vegetarians. The Caesar salad was good, but I have had others more to my tastes. The seafood skewered grill was delicious, shrimp, white fish, salmon, scallops, zucchini grilled was spectacular, over twice mashed potatoes with skin, and bacon: all in a butter lemon sauce. All very fresh and cooked just right- But this was a special and grand. Susan doesn't like bacon in her mashed potatoes - I loved it.
The real success was the baked Ziti with tomato and Italian sausage. We are Ziti Freeks this is the best we have had anywhere - about $14.
The Italian bean soup was superb - Susan is the bean lover here, I really loved the taste myself.
From Wikipedia:
Penne (pronounced /ˈpɛni/ (UK), or /ˈpɛneɪ/ (US)) is a type of pasta with cylinder-shaped pieces, usually with a ridged surface with the ends cut on the diagonal. The same or similar shape is also called mostaccioli and Ziti, which also refer to particular dishes made from penne-shaped pasta.[1] Penne is the plural form of the Italian penna, deriving from Latin penna (meaning "feather" or "quill").
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We would go back and split the baked Ziti again.
2 Very Happy Dragons, but it has a price. We give it 5- (- Over our heads price wise.)
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We ate here again last night as Susan wanted her favorite baked ziti. We ordered that and the Casar salad for me, Susan ordered the potato- leek soup. Salad is excellent, soup was really well done. Ziti was tomatoey nice, just the way she likes it.
ReplyDeleteBut the Italian sausage in the ziti tasted more like ground beef and was a little over cooked for my taste.
We sat out side on the sidewalk tables. The Dallas weather was one of maybe 5 perfect nights all year long. Mild gentle wind, no car exhaust: red checkered table cloth, Susan and her Pinot Grigio wine spritzer Me with my fave Italian fizzy spring water. Moderate amount of humidity - just a very pleasant evening - We were the only eaters on the veranda ( side walk cafe ) , Inside was very crowded with lotsa kids.