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| - My husband and I had been wanting to try Geraci's forever after its appearance on D, D, & D. We live a couple hours away, so the day after Christmas was our first opportunity to visit since we were in town for the holiday. We made sure to bring cash...annoying, but whatever.
We went for lunch, and due to the holiday week and the blizzard bearing down, the restaurant was practically empty. My husband ordered a meat lovers' pizza and I got a meatball sub. Both were pretty much average - nothing we'd ever write to the Food Network to rave about! The meatballs in my sub were dry and bland. We did start with an order of zucchini fries which were cooked perfectly and served with yummy house marinara. That was the one food item I can recommend.
I would be remiss if I didn't mention that halfway through our meal, a VERY LOUD argument broke out between the restaurant's manager (I didn't catch her name, but she is 50's-ish with short curly hair) and a server. The argument lasted ten or fifteen minutes, no joke. It was so loud, and the restaurant is so small, that all three or four tables of customers could hear every word and were very uncomfortable. Eventually, the server, who happened to be waiting on us, left the restaurant in tears, but not before coming to our table to apologize for our having to witness such an awful scene. After the server left, the manager continued carrying on, this time telling all of the other servers and busboys what had happened and why she was right and the server was wrong. I could literally rehash what the entire argument was about because this manager was so loud and belligerent, but obviously, it doesn't matter. At one point she said (in reference to the server), "She should be ashamed of herself!" Um, if there is anyone who should be ashamed here, it should be YOU, who cares more about having the last word in an argument with someone twenty years your junior than you do about your customers' dining experience.
Get a new manager and some better food, Geraci's. Shame on the Food Network!
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