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| - Happened to see a review of this restaurant in the local paper.....looked good, thought that we'd check it out one night.......happy we did!!!
Located on sperry road, in the middle of chain restaurant mayhem, is a refreshing change from the typical surrounding restaurants.
We had a couple of cocktails, the hendrick's collins i ordered was syrupy sweet and tasted more like lemonade, that was the only complaint of the evening.
For appetizers, we had calamari and the provolone marinara....a simple twist on the traditional mozzarella sticks.......both were crisp, fresh tasting WITHOUT any excessive soggy oil lingering on the food or plate. the marinara that acompanied both dishes was simple and delicious with at true, strong tomato taste.
For dinner we share a pizza and a pasta dish. We had the penne bolognese with an addtion of 2 meatballs. The sauce was loaded with bits of italian sausage and beef. It had just the right amount of spiciness. The meatballs were typical italian style, baked and not fried as they had no outter crust and a simple beefy/meatball flavor without any heavy oregano/garlic/basil flavors....simple, yet good.
The pizza was the highlight! Pizza riviera....a white pizza with a thin, but not too thin, crust was topped with pears, arugula, fried proscuitto and bits of cheese. AWESOME!!!
Skipped dessert and took half of the pizza home.....we were too full!
Manero's is a great, traditional, mom & pop style italian kitchen.....give it a try!
PS......they had great ambient music playing too!!!
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