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To: C19fan
There's nothing inherently wrong with a "chain" Italian restaurant. Olive Garden may be mediocre, but Maggiano's Little Italy is usually great. My test for a real Italian place is to ask if they have spumoni for desert. If they don't, they are probably lousy.
13 posted on 07/10/2014 8:14:51 AM PDT by Cincinatus (Omnia relinquit servare Rempublicam)
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To: Cincinatus

The Old Spaghetti Factory has Spumoni for desert.

There are other tests. I went to a famous, old, family owned Italian Restaurant in the Russian River area in CA. They had an after dinner drink that is designed to settle the stomach after a big meal.

I don’t recall the name of the class of liqueurs, something along the lines of a ‘digestif’.

I tried it. It was foul tasting stuff, but I got through it, and it did as advertised. I actually felt better after the meal.

I’ve seen it on the menu in other fine Italian restaurants.

OG is a perfectly fine restaurant. It is a GREAT place to teach kids restaurant table manners without spending a boatload. The kids actually eat the food too.

It’s good food. You could spend more for more hand-made stuff in other family joints.


65 posted on 07/10/2014 10:17:47 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs (.)
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