Gondolier Italian Restaurant and Pizza

Gondolier Italian Restaurant and Pizza is our newest eatery. (Eatery? Pretty fancy talk, huh?)

Gondolier's is in the Fergies - Buckhead location. A location not exactly known for it's success. I think Gondolier's will change that fact. It's feature cuisine is Italian but they have a huge menu with many items not Italian including cheeseburgers and chicken wings.

They also have the biggest slices of cake in Glasgow.

I have visited Gondolier Italian Restaurant and Pizza once. I ordered the spaghetti with meat sauce. Mostly because I wanted to gauge this restaurant based on an Italian dish. The meat sauce was good - not great. It was however more than worth the six dollar lunch price. I would order it again.

My wife ordered the pepperoni Stromboli. She loved it and has since ordered it to go for her dinner at work. It was over stuffed with pepperoni, peppers, onions and more than enough cheese. A definite must try item.

We also ordered chicken wings. We ordered the medium hot. Next time I will try a step hotter. They were good but the hot sauce didn't seem to stick to the chicken wings. The sauce that puddled on the platter was tasty but not much of it remained on the wings.

Maybe not drained after frying enough?

We received free bread sticks and they were worth the price but not much more. They weren't warm and and didn't taste fresh.

Keep in mind this was the second day they were open and when they get the opening glitches out I believe this will be one of Glasgow's best places to eat.

Look for my follow up visit.

Pizza Hut on 31E

I made my yearly visit to Pizza Hut. I know, I know, I should stay away but the new commercial pulled me in.

The new meat stuffed crust looked great on TV. Not so great in the restaurant. The crust was better than a non stuffed but the pizza itself left a lot to be desired.

First of all when I order a pizza I expect toppings besides cheese. When the server asked if I wanted the "meat" I assumed that meant the crust and the rest would have meat. I was wrong to assume. In fairness to Pizza Hut I should of asked. In fairness to me, Pizza Hut should have it listed on the menu, on a table tent, written on the table, something besides a chalkboard near the door I never saw until I was leaving.

Besides the pizza I ordered wings - non breaded. I received breaded wings. My wife ordered sweet tea and received unsweetened tea. She sent the tea back, I ate the wings.

I believe the reason there were mistakes was - Pizza Hut had one server working the whole dining room at 12:25 on a Wednesday. How ridiculous is that?

My recommendation is to skip Pizza Hut and go to the new Italian restaurant in town Gondelier's Pizza.

You can bet your stuffed pizza I will next time.

Mancino's Bowling Green

Mancino's in Bowling Green - never again!

Yesterday I had the misfortune of being hungry while in Bowling Green. If you are ever hungry in Bowling Green make sure you are on Scottsville Road. I was not!

I was out near the old mall on Nashville and Campbell Lane. There are a few restaurants. The new Cheddar's, The Buckhead, the new Jetters and Mancino's. Cheddar's was out of the question because they were too busy, great food but too busy and my stomach didn't have 30 minutes to wait. I could of went to Buckhead or Jetters, and I wish I would have, but they were on the other side of the crazy traffic from where I was located. So I went to Mancino's.

I have been to other Mancino's and assumed it would be as good. I assumed wrong!

First of all, if I wanted treated like that I would dine on the east coast where rudeness and indifference is the rule. I thought I was in Bowling Green , Kentucky not Brooklyn. NY. Maybe they have the rudeness trucked in along with that pizza. As far as the pizza goes if you are going to truck in the pizza don't cook it first! I have had day old Domino's pizza that was softer than the overly brown cermanic plate my sauce and cheese were served on. I ordered it, they cooked it, they served, why did it taste like it was made the night before? It was hot, okay maybe real warm is a better description. But again how did they make it taste stale?

Is Mancino's warming already cooked pizza? If they are, it's their choice, but I am not going to pay top price for warmed up leftovers. Not again at least.

I won't be back to Mancino's and if you are smart you won't go there either.

If you get the temptation - order Domino's and let it set out all night. It'll taste about the same!