It's been 7 years since my review for this restaurant. Time really does fly!
I wanted a healthy bite to eat for lunch so I stopped by Picazzo's and tried their new Buddha quinoa bowl. It is a salad/grain bowl with ingredients such as spinach, arugula, rainbow quinoa, avocado, roasted sweet potatoes, slivered almonds, shrimp, and coated with a cumin vinaigrette. That's quite a lot going on in a salad! I requested it with no feta.
The bowl came out and looked amazing. The colors and overall look was bright and fresh, and the bowl came with a slice of delightful focaccia bread. I think it was gluten free too.
Overall I enjoyed the different textures and flavors of the vegetables with the quinoa. The sweet potato was for the most part sweet and roasted, although there were a couple pieces that were more "al dente" and a little less cooked. The shrimp in the bowl were plentiful and well cooked but were too aggressively seasoned for my tastes. I also thought the cumin flavor was too assertive in the vinaigrette and tended to overpower the rest of the flavors in the bowl. I'd either use a different spice or use less cumin in the dressing if I were to make this bowl on my own. Most of the greens were fresh, but I did pick out a yellow spinach leaf out of my salad portion of the meal.
Service was friendly and swift. It was a warm sunny day so I indulged in the spacious patio outside while eating my lunch.
Even after 7 years Picazzo's is still a pretty good place to eat! Stop by for some organic fresh meals.
3.5/5