| rev:text
| - As yearly tradition dictates, my boss takes all of my group out to lunch to celebrate surviving another year. My boss's favorite type of food is "a lot", so he tries to force us to go to a buffet every year. Normally, since I am the one who coordinates the outing and I am not a fan of standing in line for and then carrying my food, we do not go to a buffet. This year, he won out and we did a lunch buffet, and that was a good thing!
I called Villa Antonio ahead of time and spoke to a very friendly young woman on the phone (Rebecca, I believe) who I made the reservation with. She explained that we wouldn't be in our own room, but we would be sectioned off for "semi-private" dining. Good enough. I reminded all of my group ahead of time to please wear a shirt and shoes to work that day and upon inspection we could be seen in public so off we went.
Villa Antonio is located near the intersection of South and Woodlawn (located directly across the street from the Home Depot that my group worked on, so we go to see a jobsite as well). The parking looks like it is going to be sketchy if you look at the front of the building, but there is plenty of parking behind the building (you can also go next door to Pier 1 and walk off some of the carbs when you are done).
Our group of 17 arrived in groups of 3 or so and we were taken to a room towards the back that was cordoned off by a black curtain. We weren't all crammed in together and all had ample room to maneuver to the buffet as well as eat. Drink orders were promptly taken and kept refilled. Fresh, warm delicious bread was put on the table with dipping oils.
The buffet doesn't have a huge selection, which is a good thing as that means items are turned quickly and don't sit out. The day we went there was a small salad section, lasagna, a chicken pesto pasta, meatballs, chicken something, roasted veggies, a cheesy potato casserole type dish and some other items (I was full after my first pass so I don't recall every item). All of the items were hot and tasted fresh. The potato casserole was delicious, as was the lasagna and and the chicken pesto pasta. Another large group came in behind us, so waiting in line became a bit tedious for others, but I would think during the average day any other time of year that it wouldn't be packed to the rafters will people.
A dessert tray was brought out, but most of us were stuffed and needed to get back to the office to meet a deadline, but the desserts looked good as well.
I believe the buffet, drink included, was only $10, so that is a great deal if you like quality food as well as quantity. Great meal, service was wonderful (refilling drinks, clearing plates) and the price was right.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)