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| - We had a coupon for "buy one dinner and get a second of the same or lesser value for free" with a tiny little note that said up to a $12 value.
Guess what? There is one - ONE - item on the dinner menu for $12.99 and everything else is $14.99 or above. So there was no way for you to get a second entree for free!!! What a crock of crap. I call BS on this place with that alone.
But we were there and we decided to eat.
We had been seated in the bar area, I'm assuming because they saw my husband in dark blue jeans and when I checked, no one in the dining area appeared to be wearing jeans.
We ordered the full calamari for an appetizer. We both had "mini" dinner salads. He got the veal parm and I got the flat iron steak.
The waitress got blasted as all 4 tables were sat down in the bar at the same time, so she was hopping between tables and trying to do a good job, but a second helper soon came and was picking up the slack.
The drinks came (iced teas) and soon enough, the bread also showed up. The husband had been there before with a friend from work, and enjoyed dipping his bread in the oil. However, this time, he blanched and put it down. "That's salad dressing." "What?" "There's vinegar in that." And there was. Not enough to separate, but it did have balsamic vinegar in the dipping oil. He switched to butter. The bread was extremely fresh, though.
Our plate of calamari arrived. It had different types of peppers in it and at first, it seemed very flavorful. But it started to get soggy very quickly and the oil started to puddle a bit on the plate. I was using the white dipping sauce, which was good but had a solid black pepper kick that hit you in the back of the throat. The husband enjoyed dipping his in the marinara sauce.
Our salads came. The mini was actually in a salad bowl that was about 8 inches across. It was a lot of salad, but remember it adds $4+ to your dinner cost because salads aren't included in the very expensive dinner prices. The husband didn't like it because it was evident they soak their salads in the dressing and leave it there all evening, so the lettuce was limp. I'm from Youngstown originally, so after eating at Antone's my whole life, I like my lettuce like that on occasion.
Dinners came. The veal was a nice sized piece and had a side of penne. It was breaded, but the breading fell off while he was eating it. He said he liked the sauce. He didn't try the penne but he brought it home for his lunch for tomorrow. There wasn't enough cheese on top for his liking.
I had the flat iron steak that comes with thinly sliced rosemary potatoes with 3 pieces of asparagus over a blue cheese sauce. I ordered the steak rare. It came out and was PERFECTLY cooked. Kudos for that. The red onion jam on top was flavorful. The potatoes were flavorful but most were mooshy. The blue cheese sauce was almost too much after a while. If I'd get this again, I'd get that on the side. The asparagus tips were good, but the stems were woody and gross.
We didn't do dessert. Our bill was $66 without the $12 coupon removed. It wasn't worth it. I don't think we'd go again for dinner. It was overpriced for the quality. He may go back for lunch, but not without a coupon or someone else paying.
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