Watch the new Bob Dylan movie with Timothée Chalamet that’s over 2 hours long or go to lunch? We chose the latter to celebrate my brother’s birthday a few days late.
His choice was The Old Spaghetti Factory, a place our family visited for special occasions like this. They had this magical warehouse space downtown on Pete Rose Way. It was torn down in 1998 to make room for the football stadium (Details and a few photos on the Enquirer’s website).
They still have a location in Fairfield that attempts to capture whimsy from the old space — a makeshift trolley, overstuffed chairs, stained glass lamps and other antiques. But more important, they pretty much have the same menu. (We’re all about the Mizithra and brown butter.)
With every entree you also get a soup or salad and a scoop of vanilla or spumoni ice cream for dessert. We chose spumoni.
Felt as plump as a Robin spotted by the driveway when I rolled home.
Spumoni was one of my dad’s favorite ice cream flavors. You and your brother have the same smile.
What I love about spumoni is that you get THREE flavors which is always why Neapolitan is a great option!