In article , Karen Kay wrote: Someone wrote: >FoodItem: I am on a quest for middle-of-the-road Italian. There >don't seem to be any on the Bay Area. So far, I've tried Gumba's > (on Murphy/Sunnyvale) -it sucked- and Il Postale (around the corner > in Washington) -was OK, but hardly middle of the road-. I"m not exactly sure what you mean by middle of the road, but we like Gaspare's on Geary at about 22nd or 23rd ave. It's a pretty traditional (read "non cali-italia") place. Exceptional (imo) pizza and very good pesto, chicken cacciatore etc. No goat cheese or mesclun or like that. just to disclaim in advance of the rush to flame - I have nothing against either goat cheese or mesclun or the like that stuff. Eat it all the time. I'm just assuming that "middle of the road" might be close to what gaspare's offers. hope this helps adr to send email, make me sirius
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NNTP-Posting-User: karen X-No-Archive: Yes User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-980117 (UNIX) (SunOS/4.1.3_U1 (sun4m)) Xref: ba.food:33330 Karen K. wrote: > Someone wrote: >> El otro dia (31 Aug 1998 14:23:30 GMT), Karen Kay escribio en ba.food: >>>Someone wrote: >>>> Thanks for the suggestion. Gaspare's sounds like what I am >>>> looking for. There must be other places (esp. in the South >>>> Bay). I just can't find them... >>> >>>Have you been to the Roman Deli in Santa Clara? >>> >> Not yet. Would you mind posting the address? I'll >> write a mini-review in a few days. > It's Washington just as it changes from Lafayette. I don't remember > the address, sorry. It's at work, and I'm not going there today. I did > find it on the web, I remember, if that helps. It's 71 Washington. (I was excused from jury duty for the day.) I *love* this restaurant. It was one of my favorite dining experiences ever. The food was excellent--the tiramisu gelato is to die for. The food isn't particularly fancy but it is VERY good. This place is sort of expensive--about $30 each--but *well* worth it. I am totally in love with the man who runs it: I wanted to take him home with me to live and cook for me. Reservations are mandatory on a Friday, don't know about other days. Karen [email removed] From [email removed] Wed Nov 18 09:33:30 EST 1998 Article: 34438 of ba.food