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| - From the outside you'd think you were approaching an Italian amusement park. Leaning Tower, La Scalla, and Florentine statuary at every turn. Entering, the first impression is of noise and kids running around having fun, and lots of people on their feet carrying plates full of food. That's all good as long as Frankie has the chops to back it up with real deal Italian food. Sure is a lot of energy!
Now, some may prefer a more sedate dinner environment, with waiters, Sinatra crooning, checkered table clothes, and empty Chianti bottles com candle holders complete with melted wax. If that is you, don't come to Frankie Tomatto's. This place is not that place.
Nor, is it the place to go for quality and genuine Cuisine Italiano. Sad to report, while there was a ton of edibles in Roman style, and you could have all you wanted, it turns out that you really don't want all that much. The pizza is forgettable. The pastas without much charm, nor taste, and the salads...well, let's just say they lacked charisma.
And, then you return to the running kids and the noise factor.
There is just too much happening on the floor, and too little in the kitchen, to make this a positive experience. There has got to be a true authentic mom and pop Italian restaurant somewhere nearby that has been discovered by the locals, while the tourists and kid-centric families come here.
Try to find it.
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