Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Giovanni’s Italian Deli & Pasta – Restaurant Review



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.
 
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.

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