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What others have said about the wait times is true, if you hit them at a busy time (which is generally mealtime) you will wait. It's a fairly small dining room and they do not take reservations. If you don't want to wait, everything on the menu is available for take-out. If it's a Friday or Saturday evening it's not unusual to drive by and see people standing outside waiting. On the other hand, my family went today and got there at 1 as they opened, and we were seated almost immediately.
The menus haven't really changed in years, and the specials don't tend to change much either (or else we always seem to hit them when the same ones are up) but there's plenty to choose from. Today I had the lasagna, which is actually one of the lighter meals on the menu. I'm not saying that because it was small (it was more than ample, probably almost 5 inches square and 2 inches high) but because the other pasta dishes that arrived completely dwarfed it. A "normal" eater would probably be better off with an appetizer and a side order of pasta, something that is comparable in size to a dinner portion at many other restaurants. I'm not sure what they put in their house salad dressing, but they should probably bottle it and sell it.
The tomato sauce is a little on the sweet side for me, and sometimes the pasta comes out a little past al dente, but other than that I have no complaints.
Other dishes I order often are:
Stuffed shrimp - 5 large shrimp each wrapped around a ball of crabmeat-based stuffing, probably one of their smallest dishes and still enough to fill me up.
Fish sandwich - a large round toasted roll (5-6 inches in diameter) and a piece of fried fish that you have to fold twice to make it fit. There's easily over a pound of fish there.
Steak calzone - thinly sliced beef, cheese, and onions wrapped up in pizza dough and baked. Where the price fits in comparison to the other items on the menu makes this look like an individual serving, but it's better to split with someone. You can get it with tomato sauce for dipping, but I like it as it comes.
The wedding soup is homemade and excellent, there are times when I'll just pick up a quart of that to go and call it a meal (or two).
Others I've been with have said they enjoy the Alfredo and vodka sauces, but I'm not partial to cream-based sauces to I'll leave them to others to evaluate.
Overall, as I said at the beginning, it's a good, reliable restaurant. You know what you're going to get, and the prices are very good even without considering that you'll be taking an extra meal home with you.
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