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| - Panini's is another Coventry restaurant on my Cleveland Heights Cheap Grub list.
They have two pizza specials. Sundays for football they have $6 one topping pizzas. Then Thursday nights is pizza night again with 1/2 price pizzas.
Now, for the actual experience... I live in the neighborhood and when it comes time to watch sports on Coventry it really comes down to two choices in my mind Panini's or The Lizard. I go for The Lizard most of the time because they have better taps and a lot more bottles. They also have ridiculously addictive popcorn at The Lizard. You find a pretty diverse crowd at Panini's but sometimes it seems that the younger guys are trying a little too hard to be tough. I get a better feeling over at Winking Lizard. It is a bit more relaxed and feels more intimate.
BUT, Panini's has the patio. So for a sunny Sunday afternoon in the fall, there's not much question that Panini's has to be the place. The atmosphere is not exactly relaxing, but it still works.
The only problem with sitting outside is that a lot of times people stand in front of the TVs so you can't see your game unless you're sitting at the bar. Also their choice of what game to put on the loudspeakers seems strange to me. Last weekend the Packers and the Redskins were in OT, but instead they had the 1st quarter of the Titans and Cowboys on the stereo. Now I don't care what your teams are (the Browns were done at this point) but we should be able to agree that OT is more interesting and more deserving of audio than the 1st quarter of just about any game. We asked the server and his answer was "Well that game's almost over." HELLO!?!? McFly?
Our food and drink experience, while nothing spectacular, was pretty good overall. We ordered a pitcher of Blue, because that's their game day special and the nachos. I love nachos. I judge sports bars by their nachos. They were just OK, here. Well, they were good, but very conventional. nothing exciting. On the good side, they were plenty big enough and had lots of cheese. On the bad side, the tomatoes were soggy and mealy and they give a pretty small cup of salsa with the nachos.
Now that I have that off my chest, I would say that if you go to Panini's you should probably try the sandwiches. I have not had one in a long time, but I do remember liking them back in the day. Anyway, that's what the place is famous for, so get a sandwich with fries in it!
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