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Show The Salt Lake Tribune Romano’ ‘vowThat’s { ng our Noodle DAILY SPECIAL 4 THIS!1 CALENDAR Friday, 1999 Bl by DonnaL. Barstow oF TOFY Bar. tall BY \NNE WILSON PUKE TRIBUNE Y It is tempting to ck Honano’s Macaroni Grill 1 mega chain Italian Newon video: JamesRyland, left, Paddy Ward, David Kelly and fa Bannen in ‘Wat id only be cheating TV Favorites Make Wayto Vide: wuse this Dallas » does some vithout fall reservations, for vjle there is food worth the Maca Iuivay restaurant is the i Remano’s in Utah (the 1 Frovo) and one of more |!” in the United States and ( yaby omano’s is operatedby ev International, which iu restaurants, including i'l & Bar, throughout the rit It experience counts ©) certainty has it ent behind the Maca ill is “extended family.” S of the house jug amed. You in Utah, but wine thev have con won't find those the menu is the s There are a dozen pasta dishes ranging from the vegetarian angel-hair pasta with tomatoes. to ravioli with meat or ricotta, and sphereof familykiteh restaurants seat approxi featuring chicken. fish and meat fromveal to pork. provides plenty neaple, so they tend tof choices. A nice selectionof sal and noisy, Which isa @48 and appetizers allows diners \ have children in tow. Some of the noise is part of the “culture”: When the } needs to be notified that a pe lol has runout, for example the shutited anmouncement is pre. hy a ringing bell. \nother unusual element of the no's culture is singing. staffers spend their time v avound the restaurant #1 jas in Italian or songs in herbed peasant bread, but don’t hesitate to ask for a bottle of bal samic vinegar to jazz it up even more. With all that bread, fondue may seemlike a strange choice for an ~ small waiting area \ use, especially on tes, While Romano's ‘ke reservations, it use: S called “preferred Hows you to put your ) waiting list up to a advance. When you ar will have a shorter wait tckless diner who just the door This creamy dip. with a brown cheesy crust. is chunky with shrimp, artichoke hearts and spinach. While you will be tempted to dip the ¢ Jaeavoni Grill has high peasant bread that comes with it itis best tot om; otherwise, the bread wil before the dip. The house s iad (99 cents) is a ing with bare light weaden island, laden mids of bottled water dressing or balsamic vinaigrette ue vases of gorgeous white runs down the center of The walls are sand | stone, a pretty contrast to u~ which servers pour into a bow! and sprinkle with freshly cracked pepper. It is a delicious dip for the appetizer. (Skip the brusct it is bland and tends to be s¢ But the fonduta gamberi ($6.09) is wonderful. especially for a crowd “hen thewait can be up ' ina multi-cou Every table is stocked with a bottle of extra-virgin olive oil They need to be pretty tis acappella Tin ‘0 eat onthe light side or indulge wood of theceiling ibles are covered with per and everyone gets Diners can amuse them by drawing pictures or ‘angman. but the servers paper, too. They might eir name or. in the case of rties, make a notation lich entrée goes where. At Macaroni Grill in Denver, use crayons to count how good value; a generous portion of mixed greens with a light Caesar If you feel adventurous, try the spinaci e aglio” salad, a potent mix of warm spinach and pecorino cheese. studded with at least 15 (yes!) cloves of roasted garlic. Any extra garlic can be wrapped up andeaten withapiece of herb bread Good choices for entrees in clude the veal in lemon butter and capers, served with pasta ($11.99), the center-cut pork chops ($11.99) nd the capellini doro 49). The with a buttery sauce eryed with spaghetti. The bronzed glistening BY MARTIE ZAD ae into your VCR @ Worthyeffort Columbia House Video Library @Hours: Sunday lpm @ Reservations: No @ Prices: Moderate to expensive W Wheelchair Access: @ Credit Cards: Yus @ Takeout: Yes @ Child's Menu: Yes @ Parking: (On-site lot Stepmom (PG-13) available through mail order by rhe imposters F (5) calling 1-800-638 Velvet Goldmine (R) Usually the judging dl served he fish was. was the clumping ter choice for seafood ght be the linguine with and clams in tomato sauce ($12.49). It would be even better with a little less pasta Desserts range from tiramisu served in a cup like trifle, to cheesecake and chocolate cake So, the next time you are in Bats iy. take founder Phil Ro itation: “Beny (welcome to ie family). You might enjoy being 1 paisano, even if just for an evening Anne Wilson is The Tribune's restaurant reviewer. The per covers the cost of mea taurants reviewed andthere is no es Be vVa@ Trade jeim) 12% vyv |Vivin iviy | maevr*ev@=*Y¥ aininiviveie fete iaea Waking Ned Devine(PG) tional volumes for $19.95 p g EB kk xm @ev~vvyvye xi kiki kimlale poy tt \Wlgivivivwvy You've Got Mail (PG) : xk Future video releases: shipping. Those volumes usually include two episodes of one-hour The salmon filet ($14.99) sounded good glazed with a shrimp. scallops. mussels Star Trek (PG) “Adam 12. $4.95, Columbia then ships addi chops. very juicy, come with roasted red potatoes and vegetable medley that includes broccoli. 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Jimmie Walker, John Amos and Janet Jackson The A-Team”: Mr. T’s B.A. Baracus (with 35 pounds of gold New on Videotape WAKING NED ES SE (PG, 91 minutes. 1964 | Timav, be how can you not love tha main characte: hi hael with her trademark bulletproof bracelets “Wonder Woman”: heroine as she Lynda rejected bullets Mite” situation comedy offered around his neck), George Pepp favorites ineluding All in the | light Zone 1 Son H.ve Lucy,” the Twi Sactord and + aside, ard, Dirk Benedict and Dwight Schultz made up the freelancers Hiber e Irish Medicine Wom- who went about righting wronys and to: “dane Seymour brought back in NBC’s most successful series of gether to co the 1983-84 season. “The 4 tative of the 1 “Dr. Quinn, frontier feminism with her por: trayal of a physician in Colorado Jasted fouryears Springs. in the same Old West pi “Adam 7 million poi oneering spirit of “Little House on the Prairie.” The series won four his partner Kent McCord starred Emmy Awards in its six-year run, duced by that show’s star, which began in 1993. “Starsky and Huteh™: Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul chased the bad guys ina red Ford Webb. It ran from 1968to 1975. The Wild Wild West”: Robert Conrad and Ross Martin com bined a Western flair with spy in: ceiver electet vine Jones’ “Local Ve my Rod Serling’s Night Gallery® Sterling created this series after The Twilight Zone.” It ran from 1970 to 1973 but was severely ed private railroad car in this 1965-70 series. This summer, Columbia is also offering two Star Trek series sage it pret a quaint | Torino from 1975 to 1979. ited in syndication. Columbia bas re-mastered the shows to their in this “Dragnet” spinoff pro trigue as special resen v that the late Ned 1} Martin Milner and Jack agents with a “The Next Generation” and “Deep Space Nine,” teen along witiold ready to colli Delightful (David Kelly) of the Viveand nings © Sullivan v ring de ite De: Kirk omedy, mileage tism of nipul connection between reviews and restaurant advertising. Wilson weleumes food and wine news comments and st stions at awilson«sitrib.com or by mail, c/o e Salt Lake Tribune, P.O. 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