This used to be our favorite Italian Local Restaurant... I am Italian and I am very hard to please for Italian food. We moved to Fountain Hills a year ago and started to going to Sapori once a month or more.. food was delicious and large portions! Well apparently that was not a profitable enterprise because a few months ago- Robert- Restaurant Impossible- filmed a show there and transformed the restaurant and it's menu to be more profitable.. I like the way it looked before- very Italian Village look- the transformation happened- it does look much cleaner- trendy and beautiful now.. I prefer old world Italian but I get why they did this. The portions were cut in half and they somehow ruined the Tomato Sauce- the meatballs were overcooked.. They used to bring out hot garlic rolls with olive oil etc. no more olive oil and the rolls were so tiny I thought they were mini cream puffs and they were ice cold.. The owner was there and she is delightful- her desserts are the best in the world-- I would go back for her Cheesecake and espresso.. The Calamari was good but half the portion. I had the pizza and it was just OK- It used to be sooooo very good-- the crust was tasteless- no olive oil on it it was dry and not good...
When we moved to Fountain Hills we vowed to support all of our local restaurants and we do as much as we can - we will continue to go to Sapori D'Italia but will try other items on the menu- I love the Show" Restaurant Impossible" and recognize what they did to help was much needed but I don't think messing with good home style Italian food is their forte... Service was great as always! Please bring back your old recipes!