Scenes From an Italian Restaurant

We’re staying at the Homewood Suites in North Colorado.  Our suite is great, we have bedroom with attached bathroom, and a separate living area with Kitchenette, sofa, a second TV and an armchair with footstool.  Very comfy.  Just across the road is Briargate Shopping Promenade which is just like an out of town shopping area with shops like Apple, and a load of others I’ve never heard of and quite a few restaurants.

So on Friday night we assessed the options at length before choosing our destination for the evening.  Biaggi’s Italian restaurant looked like the place for us.  It broke the mould in that chilli wasn’t the most predominant thing on the menu (neither of us had realised how much Mexican influence there is in this part of the States).

After eating a mere half of my small main course of pasta, I could manage no more.  The waitress asked if she should box it up for me.  So that’s what happened.  I think I’ve only ever had a doggy bag once in Britain, but as I looked around me, on approximately  half the tables there were Baiggi’s bags.  It may be the land of the plentiful portion, but I suspect in more than a few cases, the plentiful portion forms dinner then lunch the next day.

So the next day we spotted a couple of interesting sounding dishes on Biaggi’s take-out menu, so I was dispatched to top up our leftovers with an interesting appetizer and a fresh beet salad (with the goat’s cheese on the side).  In fact everything came on the side, including extra bread, parmesan cheese, a little pot of peppered olive oil as well as the items we’d ordered.  I also had to laugh (inwardly of course) when the server said in all seriousness, I’ve only put one set of plastic silverware in, is that OK?  The “silverware” was, of course, black plastic cutlery.

The food was, as it has been all the time so far, delicious. If I lived here, I’d be Ten Ton Tessie in no time at all!

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