Dinner for Two!

After returning home from work this afternoon and being pay day, I suggested to my wife that we go out for dinner at Papa Vino's Italian Kitchen. We have not eaten there in a couple of months, and we really like the fare. It is five star Italian dining at three star price. It is not an uppity place either, it has a warm and fun family atmosphere. It is a place where you can open the menu, close your eyes, and place your finger anywhere on it, and be totally satisfied with what you get!

I had my favorite dish, Pasta Con Polo, which has grilled chicken breast strips, sun dried tomatoes, mushrooms, fresh basil and a light Alfredo sauce tossed with bow-tie pasta (magnificent). Su had the Combination Del Mare, which had seasoned Talapia fillet and shrimp over angel hair pasta in a white wine sauce and two crab meat stuffed Portabella mushroom caps with a light garlic butter sauce. We split a Papa's salad which has crisp mixed greens, bacon, blue cheese, calamata olives, and a lite house dressing. For my dessert we each had canolis.

While we were waiting for our diner to arrive, we shared a freshly baked loaf of bread which we dipped in olive oil and spices poured over freshly roasted minced garlic on a plate. We had a coupon for one free entre, so the entire outing including a generous tip for our server Mat, came to only 41 dollars!

A well deserved diversion from the droll humdrum of bad news lately. Thoroughly well worth the money. The next time you come to Pontiac, make sure you go there for lunch or dinner. You'll love it too! Check out their menu here