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Dinner at Donatello’s Italian Restaurant in Carmel

13 Apr

What’s better than a home-cooked meal?  When someone else does the cooking!  That’s what dinner at Donatello’s is like.  And for good reason.  Donatello’s is family owned and operated by mom, dad and son and they cook up grandma’s recipes daily.  Like grandma’s house, it isn’t very big, so be sure to make reservations.

My friend and I started with toasted ravioli, which they call “a Midwestern take on an Italian comfort dish”.  As it turned out, that meant large, filled with a generous amount of creamy cheese and served with a homemade red sauce.  This is without question the best fried ravioli I’ve ever had.  Period.

Donatello's Toasted Ravioli

The rest of our meal didn’t disappoint either.  Continue reading

Mama Carolla’s–Great Atmosphere, Decent Food

27 Oct

Comfortable, classic, and romantic are three words that describe the atmosphere at Mama Carolla’s Old Italian Restaurant in Broad Ripple.  This is a great restaurant for a date or leisurely dinner among friends; the service is polite but not overly attentive.  My friends and I could not seem to get our waiter’s attention when we needed something.  However, when he was there, he was polite and knowledgeable about the menu. Continue reading