I wish we had better Italian places in Atlanta. And before you start emailing and commenting on the blog, I’m talking about one of those restaurants that you crave, that you can not stop thinking about until you eat there. I really don’t think we have one of those places. Every place you go they have a pasta dish on the menu; the Italian places, like Olive Garden and Provino’s, they are fine but not great, not memorable, not amazing, not… they are just pasta that you did not have to cook.
In Duluth alone, we have over 111 places listed on yellow pages.com but over half are pizza joints, where pasta is an after thought, something that rounds off the menu it seems. Most of the rest are pasta and (insert food type). You rarely find a place that does just pasta or has pasta as there main food.
I know some of you are going to say, what about … Provino’s or Bi Ba’s Italian or Antoneta Bibas or Macaroni Grill. But are they great, do you get cravings, do think that place would be incredible/astounding/unbelievable! I don’t, so if anyone has an idea or place that would be good to try, please tell me.
In Duluth alone, we have over 111 places listed on yellow pages.com but over half are pizza joints, where pasta is an after thought, something that rounds off the menu it seems. Most of the rest are pasta and (insert food type). You rarely find a place that does just pasta or has pasta as there main food.
I know some of you are going to say, what about … Provino’s or Bi Ba’s Italian or Antoneta Bibas or Macaroni Grill. But are they great, do you get cravings, do think that place would be incredible/astounding/unbelievable! I don’t, so if anyone has an idea or place that would be good to try, please tell me.
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We've got two places in the Athens area, one is DePalma's, which I think of as an upscale Olive Garden, in that they have a wide variety of menu items, (and a $6 lunch special!) They're very good, much better then your average chain.
Then there is Mirko Pasta. Oh, heaven. They make their pastas fresh daily. Their menu is effectively about 15-20 different pastas, and then 15-20 different sauces. Choose one of each, and then have a seat and wait for the most delicious food you can imagine. Mirko cravings are rampant among those who have tried it. Just this past spring, they put one in right down the road from where we live...
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