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After a long day of driving (over 500 miles), we decided to stop for dinner in Middleburg Hts. We saw plenty of chain restaurants in the area, but we wanted to try some local Italian. We decided on Santo's Italian Restaurant, located in the middle of a long strip plaza (Pearl Rd at Fowles Rd).
We arrived here around 9:10PM and we were seated immediately in the cozy dining room. The Italian menu offerings include pizza, strombolis, sandwiches, salads, soups, homemade pasta, baked pasta dishes, poultry, seafood, veal, and desserts. Dinners come with soup or salad and bread. See the menu at http://www.santospizzaandpasta.com/menu.htm
Pepsi fountain drinks, beer, and wine (list) offered.
We started out with some drinks, a coffee ($2.29) and a Sierra Mist ($2.29) and some bread & butter was brought out. The coffee was good. Next, the salad served on a glass plate was a standard mix of iceberg, carrot, red cabbage, tomato, and a tangy Italian dressing. The cup of Italian Wedding Soup was very good and had meatballs, spinach, small pasta, in a good chicken broth.
For dinner, the Spaghetti with Sausage ($10.50) had a good amount of soft homemade spaghetti topped with a hearty marinara sauce and chunks of Italian sausage slices. The Lasagna ($13.45) was served in very hot casserole dish with around 10 layers of firm noodles, cheeses, ground meat, and topped with a thick layer of melted mozzarella cheese and plenty of hearty marinara sauce. The portions were good sized and the Lasagna was boxed up to go, plus the bread was also wrapped in foil to go. We passed on the desserts.
Overall, Santo's Italian Restaurant was an excellent choice for a quiet Italian dinner with great food at a very fair price. I would give this place 4.5 stars and I'm rounding up because the service was spot on and very prompt.
Our waitress was very attentive and we were also given several complementary refills on the drinks. I enjoyed 3 ice cold Sierra Mists to wash down my meal. We stayed here right up until the 10PM closing time. Yet another strip plaza gem!
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