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Avelluto's Italian Delight
Last Friday, I wanted to take Natasha for lunch. We didn't want to hit the usual lunch time places near her work like Steak n' Shake or Panera, so we decided to try out Avelluti's Italian Delight at 6522 Martway in Shawnee Mission. As a halfway point between our respective places of employment, it seemed a logical choice. Now if only the food could live up to the convenience...
At first glance, Avelluto's seems very anonymous, a smallish restaurant in a strip mall. Inside, however, the lunch rush was in full-swing, with what I'm assuming were some fairly regular customers. We placed our orders at the counter, cafeteria-style, I ordered the veal parm sandwich with an antipasto salad, and Natasha had a stromboli with mushroom salad. We were disappointed that they were out of calamari.
In surprisingly short order, our food was brought out to us. My antipasto salad was huge, a full meal in itself. With prosciutto, salami and cheese garnishing a full plate of various salads including an olive salad, a mushroom salad, and an Italian salad, I could have been full off this alone. Though they lose points for using canned mushrooms, it was very good overall, with just the right amount of dressing.
The veal parm sandwich was okay, but I have to admit, a bit disappointing. The veal was mediocre, probably provided by Sysco or some other foodservice supplier. It was topped with a good amount of cheese, and a (I'm assuming) canned tomato sauce. Served on an ordinary sesame seed hamburger bun, it was quite a bit less than I had hoped for.
Natasha's mushroom salad was the same one that was included in my antipasto, good flavor but made with canned mushrooms, which I tend to look down on. Her stromboli, with sausage, mushrooms and cheese was the best thing either of us ordered, but again topped with the deplorable canned tomato sauce.
The servers were very friendly, and the atmosphere was okay for a strip mall cafeteria. There were a lot of tempting options on the menu and prices were fair. The food was okay, though far from great, but for a quick lunch, Avelluti's was not a bad choice. I can't say this place will ever be a favorite of mine, but if I'm in the neighborhood at lunch time, there's a good chance I'll stop back by.
- Scorecard
Food: 2.25
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 4
Menu: 4.5
Price: 4
Total: 17.75
Average: 3.55
3 comments:
I got here from KC Lunchspots. Thanks for the review.
Canned tomato sauce! ha. almost everything from that restaurant is made from scratch buddy.
I realize I'm two years late here, but I can tell you with full confidence that (as a previous commenter noted) the tomato sauce at Italian Delight is made entirely from scratch. In the spirit of full disclosure I must concede that I'm a former employee, but as I helped to prepare the sauce on several occasions I feel obliged to correct you on this point.
I cannot confirm or deny your suspicions about the mushrooms as I never saw where they came from
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