First visit: Jun 2022
Other location: Monument
Had the chicken parm this time on a dinner visit. Crispy breaded chicken, delicious slightly sweet red sauce, on top of al dente capellini. Large portion - perfect.
---original 6/26/22 review
I'd had this placed circled for years and finally made it over for lunch. It's a classic sports bar / tavern with television screens everywhere, a sizeable bar area, and lots of tables. It's a very large space overall. The separator here is the focus on New York / New England styled food, and apparently it's the official Buffalo Bills game watching place here in town. In my mind, that means both an Italian and seafood focus. I stuck with the former, though they also had some fetching Colorado looking items as well. But for the first visit I went with a meatball sub with a side of tater tots and asked for "dragon sauce" to dip them in. About the best meatball sub in the area these days is Trivelli's Hoagies that we've written about. Their heritage is in Philadelphia, but the owner has long sold out and it's now run by Asians. It seems they've maintained the recipes, but it's not the real deal. Not like the old Vermont heritage Friendly's Subs that we reminisce about on occasion (now Jersey Subs, and not the same). Well we now have a new champion: Back East Bar & Grill. Four big thick meatballs doused in a delicious tomato sauce, gooey cheese, on a wonderfully textured bread. The meatballs are delicious on their own, but it's the sauce that makes the difference. Not sure when Italian restaurants forgot how to make a decent tomato sauce, but that's not a problem here. Makes me want to try something more pure Italian for dinner. And I must try a pizza at some point. I'll get tater tots any chance I can over fries, and the Dragon Sauce is indeed their hottest blend. I loved it. Superb service on this visit as well.
6/26/22 (new entry); 8/1/23
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