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[Excerpt from Food Portion of Review]
Amante's serves a very wide variety of food. I naturally gravitate toward the sandwich genre, and more specifically, the chicken sandwich genre. I really am trying to expand, but...baby steps.
I ordered the chicken Parmesan hot sub/grinder. It is served with marinara sauce, onions, Parmesan and mozzarella cheese on French bread. The only change I made was to have the marinara sauce served on the side. I do this because I find that most restaurants that prepare chicken Parmesan prepare the sandwich first, and they apply the sauce too soon prior to serving it. When the sandwich is served the bread becomes soggy which really kills the experience for me. As a result, I have become accustomed to ordering the sauce on the side.
The sandwich was very, very good. In fact, I would actually rate Amante's as having one of the best chicken Parmesan sandwiches to be ranked with some of the greats like DeFalcos, Meatballz or Yo Paulies.
The chicken is prepared grilled and then diced and topped with a generous amount of Parmesan and surprisingly sweet red onions. Occasionally the French bread housing is burned or over-cooked, but not to an unacceptable level. The sandwich really does hold up to the price tag and I usually finish the entire thing, leaving me quite full.
My father ordered the same as myself and it was prepared the same way.
We also ordered a pizza for the table. We didn't go bold or try anything special - straight cheese pizza. It arrived piping hot and we found the pizza to be standard fare, nothing ultra impressive but still good enough to keep us wanting another few slices. One thing we noticed was the size. The photographed pizza is actually a medium, which serves a hefty 6 slices of pizza.
My wife ordered the spaghetti and meat sauce. The spaghetti was pretty standard, nothing fancy - big fat tasty noodles. The meat sauce was what I would also consider average. This was the first time we have ever ordered pasta at Amante's and my wife's initial reaction to the sauce was that it was too thick. The taste was alright, but the consistency was very...pasty. The presentation was great and the fresh parmesan and garlic bread compliment the overpowering sauce.
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