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08/26/2003 Archived Entry: "Martinelli's"

MARTINELLI'S

Yesterday I had lunch with my friends at Martinelli's, the Italian restaurant across from the Fox Steifel. I'd never eaten there before as Italian is not a food taste I seek out on purpose. I'd been able to adroitly sashshay around it on other occasions. Now I'm stuck.

When I came home I told Brit about it as I know he will love it. Actually, I've known it all along, and I've adroitly sashshayed around that too. He loves Italian.

Since he has to go see the podiatrist today to have stitches removed, he asked if I would go with him to have lunch at Martinelli's. I knew that was coming!

I know what I'll get... a one-quarter order of their Italian salad. Yesterday it looked really good except for the fact they use iceberg lettuce. And, yes, a one-quarter order is large, very large. It has lots of good stuff in it aside from the wrong choice of lettuce. I can't imagine what a full order would be like except to say, based on the size of the one-quarter order, would be a generous amount for a table of ten.

If they have antipasto, I'm sure Brit will have that. When we lived in Kansas City we ate at the Italian Gardens, when we could find some money for it. He loved their antipasto and still talks about it so I'm sure he has it in his heart that Martinelli's will have it and it will taste exactly the same. You know how that is. Plus, he'll want to have a full order (despite my protestations that it's TOO large) of something Italian, maybe lasagna. I'll eventually talk him into a quarter order and he'll have trouble getting around it. I saw a quarter order of it yesterday and it was enough for two meals for my friend, as she planned. A bowl of ice cream is all he'll want tonight. I know about those things.

Speaking of the Fox-Steifel, as I was....people in Salina who have finally given up the war about the name are now at war with management about the rental fees of $900 per event, so my friends said. It's going to take a lot to keep that place up and running. They also say the acoustics aren't all that great.