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mcantar18c
09-24-2011, 02:52
So I'm taking a girl out to dinner on Friday. She lives around I70 and Kipling and it'd be nice to not have to drive too terribly far from there to get to our destination, problem is I don't know that area whatsoever. Italian food is her absolute favorite, but its gonna be hard cause she knows what the real stuff tastes like (she's Italian).
Anybody know of anything good in that area? Doesn't need to be across the street but the closer the better.
glock21
09-24-2011, 03:05
How much you looking to spend, I know 3 that are kinda close.
mcantar18c
09-24-2011, 03:59
Well the less the better of course, but I know a truly good meal doesn't come cheap.
What do ya got?
DD977GM2
09-24-2011, 04:08
Check this place out. Pretty good and my wife is 1/2 Italian and loves it.

http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/17/213065/restaurant/Highland/Lechugas-Italian-Denver
mcantar18c
09-24-2011, 05:04
I've heard good things about that place, and if your 1/2 Italian wife likes it it can't be bad. Two negative things came up in various reviews though... one being that the red sauce and salad dressing are kind of bland and seem to be from a can/bottle instead of made from scratch, and the second was that the place is kind of run down. What's your take on that, how was it when you were there?

From reading reviews and such, these two places seem to be at the top of the list and they're both close enough...
Patsy's Inn (http://www.patsysinn.com/patsysinn/Welcome.html)
Gaetano's (http://www.gaetanositalian.com/)
Anybody been to either of these? They both have very high approval ratings on Urban Spoon and great reviews on different sites.

Of course I'm open to other suggestions as well.

Thanks guys!
sneakerd
09-24-2011, 07:59
F all those places. Go on an adventure and a lightweight road trip. Go to Nona's- 6603 Leetsdale. The best goddamn Italian food west of Chicago.
You'll never be the same.
glock21
09-24-2011, 08:27
I was gonna recommend gaetanos, then there is pagliachis just down the street. That's authentic and almost mafia like lol. Then there is one on 42nd and wads but I can't remember the name.
Robby30-06
09-24-2011, 09:18
Plus one for Patsy's. Casual environment, good food and reasonably priced. Oh and full bar. Kind of tucked into a neighborhood and sorta lends that ma and pa feeling.
sneakerd
09-24-2011, 09:24
Amici's is at 42nd and Wads- that's a good place too- but at their old location they did not take credit cards, so if you go there prepare for that possibility.
SuperiorDG
09-24-2011, 09:27
These places are pretty good.

http://www.lilnickspizza.com

http://www.pietraspizza.com

Been to both had no complaints.
Mazin
09-24-2011, 09:31
Patsys...No doubt about it. I have been eating there for over 12 years and have never had anything but good food. Oh its also where I got engauged to the wife.
spittoon
09-24-2011, 10:00
http://www.lilnickspizza.com
(http://www.lilnickspizza.com/)
KevDen2005
09-24-2011, 10:11
If you make it over to Aurora ever ( I realize that's not I70 and Kipling) check out Armando's. Really good, great prices. Very comparable alfredo sauce to what I ate Italy.
bellavite1
09-24-2011, 12:30
As the resident Italian on this board I feel I must chip in:
Parisi, 4401 Tennyson, would be a very good restaurant even in Italy, contrarily to all those Americanaized pseudo-Italian restaurant mentioned so far.
You may like them, but it ain't real Italian food.
Parisi, and more specifically the downstairs restaurant called "Firenze a tavola" are the only spot, togheter with "Il Fornaio", where I will eat Italian.
Trust me, I'm Italian![Beer]
Delfuego
09-24-2011, 12:46
Parisi, 4401 Tennyson+1 on this!

And the best Family Style is Carmine's on Penn for sure, but bring a large group and a big appetite![Beer]
Irving
09-24-2011, 14:56
Fazolli's was better than Amichis.


EDIT: I had my directions backward. It is on 44th, just west of Wadsworth.


Vincenza's Italian Bakery
enthusiast
09-24-2011, 15:58
As the resident Italian on this board I feel I must chip in:
Parisi, 4401 Tennyson, would be a very good restaurant even in Italy, contrarily to all those Americanaized pseudo-Italian restaurant mentioned so far.
You may like them, but it ain't real Italian food.
Parisi, and more specifically the downstairs restaurant called "Firenze a tavola" are the only spot, togheter with "Il Fornaio", where I will eat Italian.
Trust me, I'm Italian![Beer]

I love Parisi's. It reminds me of the food when I lived there near Vicenza.
Irving
09-24-2011, 16:06
EDIT: I had my directions backward. It is on 44th, just west of Wadsworth.


Vincenza's Italian Bakery

This place has decent food, but are TERRIBLE at catering by the way.
DD977GM2
09-24-2011, 20:45
I cant believe this hasnt been posted yet...........

PICS OF YOUR DATE [ROFL1]
sneakerd
09-24-2011, 20:48
Probably doesn't have any yet. Be sure to get some stills from the video you'll be making that night. Make sure there is enough light.
DD977GM2
09-24-2011, 21:09
Probably doesn't have any yet. Be sure to get some stills from the video you'll be making that night. Make sure there is enough light.
[ROFL1][ROFL2][ROFL3][LOL]
Great-Kazoo
09-24-2011, 21:19
I cant believe this hasnt been posted yet...........

PICS OF YOUR DATE [ROFL1]

i thought he was attending Suarez's class down south?
mcantar18c
09-25-2011, 00:21
Multiple votes for Patsy's plus the suggestion for Firenze a Tavola from the resident COAR Italian puts those two at the top of the list.
The both look pretty good, but Patsy's is in the lead due to cost (I'm not above spending a nice chunk of change on a meal that's worth it, but it seems like more of a 3rd date kinda place... this will be the first real date with her).'

No pics yet. Maybe I'll bring the camera when we go shooting (oh yeah, she loves things that go bang as much as any of us do).

SI class is today and tomorrow (technically yesterday and today).... date is this coming Friday.
blacklabel
09-25-2011, 09:06
I have to put in a vote for Gaetano's. Full bar and crazy good food. Reasonably priced too.