Italian For Lunch – The Patio

Russ and Kathy had just returned from the Florida Keys, where Russ spends the winter in his motor home and after a get together the previous evening to share our winter adventures, they joined us for our initial 2019 trip to the Englewood Amish Market.  This was the market’s second week open for the season and they only had a few things – baked goods, sweet potatoes (likely left from last year), and greens (kale, chard, lettuce, etc) plus they had some great looking plants in their greenhouse.  We bought a couple of tomato plants, some potatoes and greens and headed back.

Part of the reason for the trip was to go out for lunch and since I was in the mood for Italian, I suggested the Patio in Madisonville, where we have only been once several years ago.  We were seated immediately and waited on promptly.

The drinks came quickly along with a basket of warm bread sticks and container of marinara – both were very good.

Russ ordered the Gyro – “Delicious beef & lamb cooked to perfection & layered on pita, served w/ lettuce, tomatoes, onion & cucumber sauce ($6.25)”.  No pic but he really liked his gyro meat.

Kathy ordered a small pepperoni pizza which she thought was excellent.

So we would have leftovers, Bev ordered the Patio Special pizza - Cheese, beef, pepperoni, sausage, onions, green pepper, mushrooms, tomatoes, black olives, feta cheese large 14" ($14.95) and we both thought it was very good with nice fresh ingredients.

Bev and Kathy both raved about their pizzas.

I had the Baked Spaghetti - Sauteed bell peppers, mushrooms & pepperoni over spaghetti covered w/ homemade meat sauce, topped w/ melted mozzarella cheese & baked to perfection ($8.35) and thought it was pretty darned good for East Tennessee Italian.

When it came, I was shocked at the size of my dish and after a bread stick and small side salad ($1.50 with the entrée) I could only eat half of it so we ended up with two boxes of leftovers – Bev only ate two pizza slices.  While this is not the "real deal Italian" that I really like, it was real good East Tennessee Italian.  This was definitely a good place to stop and with good portions of good food at a reasonable price (definitely the opposite of tourist food) and excellent service - we plan to return soon.

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Have a great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.

Larry

4/5/19 event date