On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:15:58 -0700, "Dale P" > wrote:

>"sf" wrote in message ...
>> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:26:18 -0700, "Dale P" > wrote:
>>
>>>Bucca De Beppo was right up there among the worst restaurant meals I have
>>>ever had. Large portions of bad food is what they specialize in.
>>
>> What makes it bad to you? I hate lightly seasoned food. What is it
>> that you didn't like?
>>
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>There was just the two of us, and we went for lunch. We were aware
>beforehand that the meals were large and are to be shared, family style.
>Not a problem. We ordered a salad, and a chicken and pasta dish (penne, I
>think). The salad was set in front of us. It was a very large bowl of very
>tired and turning brown iceberg lettuce. Not at all what I would call a
>good salad. We ate what we could of it, and then they brought the main
>dish. My first comment was "where is the piece of chicken?". Well, we did
>find it buried in a pile of pasta with very little sauce. There was
>literally one small piece of chicken. The rest was bits of chicken (like it
>had been in the food processor) in the sauce. I could certainly have
>whipped up a better lunch than this for next to nothing in cost. Of course,
>they packed the extra food into containers for us to take home. It was
>promptly disposed of when we got home.
>
>I did think the decor was fun. Kind of tacky, overdone Italian.
>
OMG, it sounds perfectly awful! If my DD didn't say how much she
liked it I'd think it was a horrible place (I didn't know it was a
chain when she told me about it). I guess it's one of those
establishments that varies from location to location.

>We do not eat out often, and I certainly want something better than that
>when we do. Maggiano's Little Italy is a much better chain with decent
>entrees that we enjoy sharing. Plus it is a much classier joint!!

I've been to the Maggiano's in Santana Row... it was good, IMO.
Didn't know it was a chain either. Thanks for the info.

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