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We found Spennatos while looking for a meal before a comedy show at the Rocksino and were not disappointed. On the outside Spennatos looks like another strip mall box restaurant, but on the inside you get the homey, authentic Italian vibe that makes you feel like you are eating a family meal. While waiting for your food, check out all the photos and decor on the walls for a nostalgia trip.
When you open a drink or food menu, the first thing you notice are the reasonable prices and the large amount of options. They have a solid offering of wine, beer and even bourbon on the drink menu. The food menu has all the appetizers, entres, pastas and pizza you could ask for. They are well known for their pizza, which comes in NY style, Siccilian style or even stuffed.
To start out, we opted for a bottle of red blend called ravage that was dark and delicious. For an appetizer, we almost got the brushetta but at the last second saw they have a pepperoni roll on the pizza menu and went with that instead. The small pizza roll was more than enough for two. It was crispy on the outside and warm, gooey, cheesy on the inside with the spicy pepperoni to put it over the top.
For entres my wife ordered the chicken parmesan with cavetelli noodles and I went with the cheese ravioli, both with marinara instead of meat sauce. The sauce is above average and the chicken is exactly what you want in a chicken parm dish. Slightly crispy, well seasoned, cooked to perfection and full of flavor. The same goes for the cheese raviolis. Large cheese medallions stuffed with deliciousness. Both the raviolis and cavetelli were al dente. The best part of the entres? The come with salad included, which seems to becoming rarer and rarer these days. I highly recommend the house Italian because it is an oil based sauce with a lot of pepper that has an extra kick I am looking for.
When the bill came inwas pleasantly surprised. Overall, the food is better than your Italian chain places and less than their price as well. The place makes you feel like you are in a family restaurant and even though the staff was understaffed due to traffic, I didn't notice anything negative at all.
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