Macaroni Grill. There’s a place I haven’t thought of in years. We used to go there all the time. They had huge bowls of delicious pasta dishes.
Then for some dumb reason they changed their format to a type of walk up counter ordering style. And the dishes got smaller and less appetizing. They simply screwed up. I haven’t been there in years in years.
I go to Teenies Tavern on wed, Huge plate of spaghetti or rigatoni, 2 meatballs, bread, butter and salad $4
I haven’t thought of Buca di Beppo. We went often in CA, but I haven’t seen any in TN. Good food!
I can’t think of a better reason for a National Day than Spaghetti Day. Donuts maybe, and there is one of those.
Pretty much my experience as well with Carino's. I lived in Lafayette, Louisiana for about 20 years, and that's an extremely difficult market for any national chain since the local restaurants are very, very good and very, very competitive. Carino's held its own in that venue for a while. I loved their lobster ravioli, and then for some reason they started skimping on the servings, raising prices and before too long, closed up shop.