After Kristin and I purchased carpet this evening, we
decided to celebrate by going out to eat.
We weren’t looking for a luxurious restaurant, but something quick and
different. We chose a restaurant just up
the street from us called Giovanni’s Italian
Deli & Pasta.
Neither of us have tried it before because we aren’t
really fans of deli’s. I mean, if I
wanted a sandwich, I have bread and sandwich meat at home that I could whip up
into a quick sandwich. But, I figured
they’d have something we both would like.
As I’m attempting to pull into the parking lot, I’m in
the turning lane while there is another car facing me waiting to turn the other
way. While I’m waiting, the car in front
of me flashes his lights at me. I
mutter, “I don’t have my brights on idiot.”
Right before it’s clear for me to turn, I give the guy a nice flash (my
way of saying, fuck off) and turn into Giovanni’s parking lot.
Giovanni’s is an “order your food, pay at the counter, get
your beverage, sit and wait for your
number to be called” type of restaurant.
Fine by me. This actually saves
you 15%-25% of the bill since you don’t have to tip a waitress. The entrees ranged from around $5-$10, so it’s
very reasonably priced. We weren’t sure
what to order, so as we typically do at new restaurant, we asked the lady
taking our order for recommendations. They
had various cold and warm sandwiches, daily specials, and all kinds of homemade
pastas. They recommended the homemade pastas so of course this is what we went
with.
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| Huge portion of lasagna and that garlic bread, delicious! |
Kristin had the spaghetti and meatballs which she really
enjoyed. I however, LOVED the
lasagna. It was smothered with this
sweet homemade pasta sauce. And the
toasted garlic bread it came with was fantastic! I am a huge fan of bread. For instance, if we go to some place like
Outback Steakhouse (which is rare since Kristin doesn’t like the chain
steakhouse restaurants) I murder at least 3 loafs of their bread. So the fact that they gave us 3 pieces of
garlic bread each, I was thrilled! The
lasagna was fresh and moist and wasn’t overcooked like you get at some Italian
restaurants.
We love supporting our local mom and pop
restaurants. Unfortunately, our favorite
local Chinese restaurant that we eat at weekly (awesome special that consist
of an entire meal for only $5) got shut down by the health department. Sad day.
We loved that place! So, Giovanni’s
is definitely a place we will continue to go to and support.
I’m not exactly sure how a rating system should go, but
here is my ratings:
92% of people gave Giovanni’s restaurant a thumbs up.
My rating:
Cost: 9
Very
cheap and generous portions for the price.
Taste: 9
I
loved the homemade lasagna and the slightly sweet sauce was fantastic.
Speed: 9
We
had our food in 5 minutes or less.
Definitely a place you can get a quick meal in and not have to worry
about a long wait or being too crowded.
Plating: 5
They
served with paper plates and plastic ware, but it’s not a fine dining
restaurant. It’s a place to get good your
Italian fix for an inexpensive price.
OVERALL: 8
I
took the average of the 4 ratings to get the overall score. Tummies full, wallet happy, and out in less
than 30 minutes for a quick and easy dinner.
I know I haven’t blogged much lately, but I figured it was time
to get back to it. So I thought I’d
start with tonight’s dinner.
I have lots of blogs I can catch up on so we’ll see if I
get to those soon or if I decide to just let those go and start others.
My twin brother will be coming to stay with us next week
from California, so I’m sure I’ll be blogging about that. I will also be attending the Chiefs / Broncos
game at Arrowhead on December 1st. We also will be having the carpet installed very soon, so look for before and after pictures. I know I've put up pictures of the before and after of the dining room wall on Facebook, but I need to add a blog to it as well. So keep an eye out for some of these in the near future.
