This is one of our local Friday after work pasta and wine chill spots. It's pretty reliable in terms of quality of service and food and we find ourselves there at least once a month. We ended up there this past Friday and it was really crowded. I guess a lot of folks were craving good pasta and pizza on a subzero February night.
We tend to stick to ordering the same things because we really like them but last night I tried something new. Personally, I love their pasta dish, Linguine Diavolo which has homemade sausage and peppers and onions tossed with marinara. So darned good! Their Shrimp Scampi over Linguine is pretty darned good too if I'm in the mood for a lot of butter. But tonight, I wanted something lighter so I tried their Chicken Piccata.
The dish is served with your choice of soup or salad and a side of pasta or veggie. I love their homemade Italian dressing so I always get their salad and sop up the remaining dressing on my plate with the fresh Mancini's Italian bread they serve. I ordered the side of pasta and substituted angel hair for the penne. The price is around $17 which is not bad when you get bread, soup/salad and a side of pasta or vegetable. I'm not sure what people expect when they say they think DiPietro's is expensive - maybe they mean their pizza which can be a little on the pricier side.
The Piccata is served with fresh thick cut mushrooms and thin pounded chicken breasts with a delicate lemon wine sauce. It was really delicious and could easily be two meals. Yeah, maybe next time I'll save half. The angel hair with marinara was perfectly sauced and tender and I found myself finishing off the last sauce with that addictive Mancini's bread. Isn't it terrible? Dipping bread into Italian dressing and marinara for dessert?
Since we had a friend with us, we ordered up a full carafe of the Bellagio Chianti to share and I must say, that is a nice amount of wine for the price - $31.99. It's a full litre of wine and we ended up taking some home for a nice night cap.