This place reminds me of my mom's cooking. Until I had real chili, I thought my mom's was the best. And then I had the real thing and I knew from then on she wasn't much of a cook. Sorry mom. And I guess its about the same with DiPietro's....if you've never had good Italian, you might think theirs is pretty good. Nope.
Specifics. I had chicken parm. The chicken was dry and chewy. The side salad was one of those glass plates with a few pieces of iceberg, a leaf or two of spring greens - just enough to keep it from being ALL iceberg, the requisite cherry tomato, rings of red onion - does everyone just move those off to the side of the plate? And the house Italian dressing? I swear it was Good Seasons from the shaker bottle. Housemade dressing doesn't have those tiny specks of red and black and God knows what else floating around in it.
The price for this 2 small pieces of nearly inedible chicken in a smear of sauce and a sprinkle of mozz, a wholly inadequate salad and a small pile of watery veggies? $18. Really.
If you want Italian, this isn't it. You'd be better off with Olive Garden.