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| - I was craving some Italian food in a casual setting and browsing this Uncle Sal's Yelp entry yielded terms like "old school," and "basic." I was definitely jonesing for some "old school" Italian food (I'm assuming this meant old school 70's 80's Americana old school).
Anyway, the second I stepped in this place I had a good feeling about it. With each progressive course, from getting my drink frequently refilled, to the garlic bread, and the ridiculously basic soup/salad, I was liking this place more and more.
Unfortunately, the Lady wasn't feeling that well and we got our entrees to go and ate the rest in the hotel room and the next morning. Regardless of sitting in some aluminum containers and not going through any reheating, the food was still great.
This isn't the best uh.... "American Italian" that you'll ever have, but it's pretty damned good and it totally hit the spot.
Dishes we've had:
Stuffed Mushrooms - drowning in alfredo sauce, with some sort of... pepperoni breadcrumb filling? This was quite delicious.
Clams Oreganada - sure this dish is ridiculously simple and easy to make, but that doesn't keep it from being freaking delicious. The Lady's first thing when opening the menu was "you're getting the clams, aren't you."
Salad - You know when you've lived in St. Louis for too long when you're like "damnit, I forgot to ask them to hold the CHEESE!" and then be like "oh ok... it's just mozzarella..."
Cream of Mushroom Soup - mmmm...
Veal Saltimbocca - pretty decent
Rack of Lamb Marsala - This was excellent. It was even good at room temp the next morning.
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