Author Archives: Italian Food Guru

We meet again Joey Garlic’s. I cannot get enough of you, you are like a drug that I crave everyday. Well anyways, enough with the bullshit, let us get into this one. So broccoli alfredo from here comes with linguine, but you get like ten pounds of pasta and a shit ton of broccoli. ItContinue reading “Broccoli Alfredo on Steroids.”

So here we are again back at Alta Strada at Foxwoods. I had to get a picture of the bread and olive oil they serve here that they make in house. For any of you out there that know, green olive oil is pure and it has a very strong taste. Some may hate thisContinue reading “Green Olive Oil? You Have No Idea.”

Fried eggplant alone is amazing. Now when you julienne them and fry them to crispy perfection and call them eggplant fries, you have something serious. Joey Garlic’s you guys have done it again. This is a must get appetizer if you go here. Spend the $13 and get a large order of eggplant fries; itContinue reading “Fried Eggplant but They are Fries.”

First off, this place is fucking phenomenal. With this quarantine shit going on, I am absolutely craving a nice meal with some guido to come out and serve it to me. Why is this place great? Well, if you are Italian think of grandma cooking and how much she brings out to you. One, theContinue reading “Joey Garlic’s Was the Reason I Was Obese.”

Well here we go again with Bellini’s; I told you guys they make phenomenal food between take out and eating there. I usually get pizza with my family on Fridays as it is just a little thing we have always done. Also, we like to try new places for pie, but we tend to landContinue reading “Just a Good White Broccoli Pie.”

So this is a continuation of my experience at Alta Strada. You guys already know how bomb of a place it is with a decently priced menu and many options to choose from. If you’re going out to a nice place like this, you have to get an appetizer. If you don’t that’s just likeContinue reading “Fried Calamari? Yes Please.”

When the world is not shut down, you can catch me at the casinos quite frequently. Both my parents constantly go up to gamble, go out to eat, and sometimes stay up there because they get free suites in the hotels up there. As many people know, the casinos are home to a variety ofContinue reading “This Chicken Parm was Bigger Than my Head”

Cheese, pasta, and basil makes for an amazing dish regardless. Now when you add gnocchi, a pasta made with mashed potatoes, you have something lovely. My local spot in North Haven called Bellini’s, is home to some of the best gnocchi you can get around here from an Italian joint. It will run you aboutContinue reading “Gnocchi Napoletana and Why It Is Amazing”

In New England, there are various pizza hot spots. In my opinion, Connecticut is home of the pizza capital of the world; New Haven. Pepe’s, Modern, or Sally’s are all in the debate for the best pie on Wooster Street, but sometimes it is a hassle to drive down to New Haven to get aContinue reading “What Italian Doesn’t Like a Nice Mozzarella Pie?”

My name is Matt. I am a 20 year old college student from New England with a love for Italian food and the Italian culture. Many friends and family consistently call me a fake Italian. Ironically, both my parents come from Italian blood lines; I just do not eat a wide variety of foods asContinue reading “My First Blog Post”