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| - Big Jim's was the first place I hit up on my cross-country trip from Philly to L.A., so I was expecting delicious, gut busting, bad-for-you food in large quantities, and that's what I got :)
I ordered the lasagna. Someone on Yelp said it was big as a head - yeah, they weren't kidding. This lasagna was huge and boy was it good. I give it a 4 out of 5, although I'm not sure if they could do much more to improve it - I think they should add another type of cheese to the top to make it a tad more flavorful, but that's my take.
My husband got the spaghetti and meatballs. The meatballs were not as big as I expected, but their slightly spicy flavor was really awesome. The pasta and garlic bread were just right too.
All right so the food has me around 5 stars, but why the 4?
Well, I could handle being in a shady part of town and the overall dark, dreary character of the place, cause as Guy said on Triple D it's a Dive - fine. But at these type of places I expect really good service from friendly people. Well, we had 2 servers - one was friendly but really difficult to get over to the table and the other was less likely to come around without being harassed and also seemed annoyed with everyone there.
For the out-of-towners deciding between Big Jim's and something like Primanti Bros, go with Big Jim's - seriously.
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