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| - The S.U. and I were on our way home from the airport....... hungry, time-zone challenged, with nothing in the fridge to look forward to when we got home so ... we needed dinner. CLB had been on my radar for a while but, as West-siders, we didn't get up here all that often.
It was a Saturday night but we managed to sneak into a table for two, ordered a glass of very reasonable wine (Chianti) and were quickly handed their hot garlic bread. Nice touch.The place was busy.
This is an old school Italian American restaurant. Red sauce, white sauce, large portions, fresh pasta. You could drop someone from 1969 in here and (aside from the prices) they wouldn't know that they were in the future. No small plates, no exotic ingredients (garlic used to be an exotic ingredient), just good basic Italian, well done.
I had the Italian beef stuffed cannelloni with red sauce. As others mentioned, a slightly sweet sauce but ... no complaints. The S.U. had the Veal Parmigiana. It was served under a blanket of spaghetti with red sauce. She thought the veal was a bit dry.
This ain't haute cuisine my friends, but it's solid Italian American food made with care. That makes me a fan.
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