Café Roma is advertised as having Italian-American Cuisine.
They have a good selection of pasta, seafood and beef (prime rib is one of
their specialties) on the menu. In addition, they offer sandwiches and pizza. I
don’t recall ever ordering pizza, but my husband will often order a sandwich
(either tuna or steak), which comes with a side of French fries.
Today we both ordered something a little different. I ordered the Pub Style New York Sirloin
($15.99). The menu says “Caramelized Onions
& Blue Cheese”. You can’t go wrong
with that combination on top of a steak.
When I ordered, our waitress, Lucille, confirmed it was a good choice.
My dinner would be served with soup or salad. Kale soup was on the list of
soups that night. While I almost always get a salad with my dinner, I thought I
would try the Kale Soup. I asked Lucille
if the soup was good and she was honest and said she had not tried it that
night (she admitted it could sometimes be very salty). Her comment that she would bring me a salad
if I didn’t like the soup made me feel better about ordering it. I also opted for a side of pasta with my meal
instead of the potato and vegetable.
My husband ordered the Smokey Mountain Chicken ($10.99),
which was a boneless chicken breast topped with BBQ Sauce, Bacon &
Cheese. He chose a salad with French
dressing, French fries and corn on the cob for his vegetable. While I swear he
has ordered this at Café Roma before, he swears he never had it and if he had,
he would have ordered it more often since it was so good. Positive comments on his meal!
The soup and salad arrived. Definitely salty! The Kale soup was not what I
would have expected from a typical Kale soup. This soup had a beef broth base
that was a bit too overpowering for my liking. I considered replacing it with a
salad but realistically knew that I was going to have too much food
anyway. I ate a few bites of the soup and
stole the olives and onions from my husband’s salad! I let Lucille know that the soup was very
salty and, as promised, she did offer to bring me a salad, which I declined.
Our meals arrived (which are sent upstairs from the basement
kitchen by a “dumb waiter” – this saves the waitresses from making numerous
trips up and down the stairs throughout the night) and we dug right in. The combination of caramelized onions and
melted blue cheese was a fantastic addition to my sirloin steak. Good
choice! The steak was cooked perfectly
to my liking and there was only a bit of fat on the edge of the steak. No worries, I cut it off and knew that it
likely added to the great flavor of the steak.
No leftovers for me!
As mentioned before, my husband really enjoyed his
meal. He did manage to save just enough
chicken to take home for a sandwich the next day. The fact that we were brought a basket of
bread and butter helped to fill him up.
The bread they serve at Café Roma is basically a sub roll cut up into
small pieces but the butter they serve with it makes up for the lack of fancy
bread. I can’t figure out why the butter
is so good but I think there is just a little hint of honey added to it.
After drinks and tax, our total bill was only $41.70. Don’t expect fine dining with a quiet atmosphere
(there is a large bar with several televisions near the upstairs dining room
and the downstairs dining area is a bit “crowded” with no ambiance) at this
restaurant but if you are looking for a good meal at a decent price, Café Roma
is a great place to visit.
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