Have you ever had a meal that lingered in your mind?  A meal that left you thinking about it at unexpected times?  Well my dinner at Angelos last week wormed its way into my brain.  I could only think about the next visit.  

So, I indulged my craving and called to made reservations for Friday night.  

Friday turned out to be a rainy, miserable day.  I left work shortly after 5:00pm and inched my way home through 20-mile an hour traffic.  My cousin Michele and her friend Christian were waiting for me when I pulled into my driveway.

We (well, I, really) Scrambled to get in and out of the house so that we could make our 7:30pm reservation.  We pulled up to the restaurant to find every parking spot in the lot already taken.  We entered to find that they already had quite a crowd.  The cozy, quiet atmosphere of last Sunday was replaced with a lively, bustling chatter that filled the space.  

Nicole seated us in the small dining room (this is relative, as both rooms are small – one room seats six tables the other about eight).  Now, Angelos is a bring-your-own-bottle kind of place.  I looked around, saw all the other patrons with their own wine, and regretted not grabbing something from my cellar before leaving the house.  We settled for Ice teas and sodas as we indulged in the delicious, warm semolina bread, olives and tapenade of sundried tomatoes and pepperoncini.




We each enjoyed a simple mesculin salad with a delicious vinegarette.





We decided to share two appetizers among us, the eggplant rollatini




And the Burata special.  Now the burata is a fresh, handmade mozzarella cheese that is stretched around fresh ricotta cheese and served with procuitto, fresh basil, balsamic and tomatoes….   OUTSTANDING!




For dinner, Christian ordered the Shrimp scampi





Michele ordered the penne a la vodka



And I ordered the special, a homemade tateagelli with shreds of pulled pork in a brown gravy. 




Once again, I took home most of my dinner, but this time, I planned. I made room for dessert.  We devoured the homemade zeppolis topped with nutella and served on canolli cream.



Another yummy evening!