Leonoro's is located just a few blocks from me on Washington Street, so I had my hopes up for a hometown Italian restaurant that served up some tasty pasta. That was short-lived.
When my friend and I entered, we waited for a few minutes before somebody noticed us. They asked if we needed a menu - seems as though this is a place with many regulars. We did need a menu. While I prefer those stuffed pastas with cheese, I decided to get the spaghetti because, well, this is a spaghetti house. I also got a house salad.
My salad came out with the house dressing - which was, literally, marinara sauce. Usually house dressings are some sort of oil/vinegar ... this was marinara sauce. I tried it and threw away most of the salad, unfortunately. Iceberg lettuce doesn't have much flavor alone.
Everything was generic, too expensive and just bland. No thanks. I'll stick to making this at home if this is the quality I'm interested in.
Grade: C
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I HATE when places give you dressing in a plastic togo container...
ReplyDeleteI just really HATED the "dressing." It was literally marinara sauce. That is their house dressing. Blech
DeleteI'm told they were once the go-to pasta house, but when the parents died the offspring who own decided to get lazy. Quite sad.
ReplyDeleteThat is unfortunate. I love a good hometown pasta place.
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