Alexandro’s Ristorante Italiano Review
We had been hearing rumblings about Alexandro’s for a week or two, and decided to point our restaurant review arrow directly at its melty mozarella heart.
Alexandro’s was in a town about half an hour drive away from HompCo HQ, so we weren’t entirely sure where it was. We trusted our very lives to often-questionable directions of MapQuest and loaded up in a two car convoy to find it.
Against all odds, we located the restaurant right off, and pulled into the parking lot behind it.
This was the site that greeted us. It certainly looks nice enough, which is not always the best thing when looking for an eatery with some real quality to it. Still, we steeled ourselves against the possibility of suburban mediocrity and ventured inside.
Inside we found a nice and cozy dining room decorated with Italy-themed movie posters and photographs of famous Italians. The tables are accented with some sort of red flower which DO NOT TASTE GOOD.
It was amusing to those that didn’t taste it at least.
We were pretty happy with the menu prices and everyone felt comfortable ordering what they wanted.
Homp: Extra large cheese calzone.
Aaron: Regular sized calzone with pepperoni.
David: Pasta with sausage.
Brad: Crab alfredo.
Jodi: Also crab alfredo. BORING!
The food was delivered promptly, and we prepared to dig in. Homp’s extra large calzone was a sight to see. I am amazed that our tiny, malnourished, vegetarian waitress was able to lift this monstrosity at all.
What you can see above is our illustrious dictator trying his hardest to best this cheesy opponent by employing the dangerous "two hands" technique. This nearly lost art allows risk-taking eaters to nearly double their bpm (bites per minute) in an effort to consume a meal entirely too large for them before their stomach realizes what’s going on.
Let it be known that this valiant effort failed, and nearly 1/3 of the calzone was boxed away to be taken back to headquarters with us. Homp was, understandably, devastated, as he places and consumes orders of three or more lesser calzones with great regularity.
The rest of us mortals who knew better than to order family-sized dinners tucked in and enjoyed the food immensely. We took care of our tab and were on our way.
On the way out, however, I couldn’t help but stop and photograph some of the local color.
What does that say? Let’s get a little closer.
Uhm. Maybe just a bit closer.
WOAH. GOOD DEAL.
I think I know where I’ll be going for my next haircut.
Alexandro’s Ristorante Italiano
(whatever the hell that means)
Food: 5 Homps / 5 Homps
Price: 4 Homps / 5 Homps
Ambiance: 4.5 Homps / 5 Homps
Service: 4.5 Homps / 5 Homps
Total:
4.5 Homps / 5 Homps
-Aaron Littleton
We had been hearing rumblings about Alexandro’s for a week or two, and decided to point our restaurant review arrow directly at its melty mozarella heart.
Alexandro’s was in a town about half an hour drive away from HompCo HQ, so we weren’t entirely sure where it was. We trusted our very lives to often-questionable directions of MapQuest and loaded up in a two car convoy to find it.
Against all odds, we located the restaurant right off, and pulled into the parking lot behind it.
This was the site that greeted us. It certainly looks nice enough, which is not always the best thing when looking for an eatery with some real quality to it. Still, we steeled ourselves against the possibility of suburban mediocrity and ventured inside.
Inside we found a nice and cozy dining room decorated with Italy-themed movie posters and photographs of famous Italians. The tables are accented with some sort of red flower which DO NOT TASTE GOOD.
It was amusing to those that didn’t taste it at least.
We were pretty happy with the menu prices and everyone felt comfortable ordering what they wanted.
Homp: Extra large cheese calzone.
Aaron: Regular sized calzone with pepperoni.
David: Pasta with sausage.
Brad: Crab alfredo.
Jodi: Also crab alfredo. BORING!
The food was delivered promptly, and we prepared to dig in. Homp’s extra large calzone was a sight to see. I am amazed that our tiny, malnourished, vegetarian waitress was able to lift this monstrosity at all.
What you can see above is our illustrious dictator trying his hardest to best this cheesy opponent by employing the dangerous "two hands" technique. This nearly lost art allows risk-taking eaters to nearly double their bpm (bites per minute) in an effort to consume a meal entirely too large for them before their stomach realizes what’s going on.
Let it be known that this valiant effort failed, and nearly 1/3 of the calzone was boxed away to be taken back to headquarters with us. Homp was, understandably, devastated, as he places and consumes orders of three or more lesser calzones with great regularity.
The rest of us mortals who knew better than to order family-sized dinners tucked in and enjoyed the food immensely. We took care of our tab and were on our way.
On the way out, however, I couldn’t help but stop and photograph some of the local color.
What does that say? Let’s get a little closer.
Uhm. Maybe just a bit closer.
WOAH. GOOD DEAL.
I think I know where I’ll be going for my next haircut.
Alexandro’s Ristorante Italiano
(whatever the hell that means)
Food: 5 Homps / 5 Homps
Price: 4 Homps / 5 Homps
Ambiance: 4.5 Homps / 5 Homps
Service: 4.5 Homps / 5 Homps
Total:
4.5 Homps / 5 Homps
-Aaron Littleton
