Restaurant Food Review: Penne Rustica

[Brian Fein]

Restaurant: Macaroni Grille

Dish: Penne Rustica

Genre: Italian

Summary: Imported penne pasta with shrimp, grilled chicken and smoked prosciutto baked under a golden crust of Parmesan cheese.

Cost: $9.79 for lunch, $12.49 for dinner

Comments:  This meal has quickly risen to the top 5 of my favorite restaurant foods of all time.  Penne pasta is tossed with grilled chicken and shrimp and prosciutto in a creamy alfredo sauce to form a taste sensation unequalled by any other dish.  Add some freshly grated parmesan cheese and you have a hearty meal that will clog even the widest arteries.

[YoFuggedaboutit]

Restaurant: Macaroni Grille

Dish: Penne Rustica

Genre: Italian

Summary: Imported penne pasta with shrimp, grilled chicken and smoked prosciutto baked under a golden crust of Parmesan cheese.

Cost: $9.79 for lunch, $12.49 for dinner

Comments:  This meal has quickly risen to the top 5 of my favorite restaurant foods of all time.  Penne pasta is tossed with grilled chicken and shrimp and prosciutto in a creamy alfredo sauce to form a taste sensation unequalled by any other dish.  Add some freshly grated parmesan cheese and you have a hearty meal that will clog even the widest arteries.

While Macaroni Grille has always been a favorite of mine, this dish really takes the cake.  Coupled with plenty of their rosemary bread as well as olive oil and balsamic vinegar for dinner...... let's just say I was in heaven.

[Buddhagirl]

I've never even been in a Macaroni Grille.  Where the hell is one? 

[YoFuggedaboutit]

I've never even been in a Macaroni Grille.  Where the hell is one? 

They're all over the place.  Just look in the Yellow Pages and you'll find one.  However, I believe you told us you don't eat meat, so you might want to order this dish without the chicken.

[TonyB0D]

there's no E in GRILL!!   and that restaurant is terrible...fake-ass italian food!  although i can't blame you guys on your lack of good food down there.  it is florida after all....

[ADeadSmitty]

Yeah, there's no good food in Florida. There's no fresh citrus or mangos or seafood or Cuban food or South American food.

[Brian Fein]

there's no E in GRILL!!   and that restaurant is terrible...fake-ass italian food!  although i can't blame you guys on your lack of good food down there.  it is florida after all....

Its not terrible, its standard chain-style italian food.
Its not Poppa Tony's Italian or DiSalvo's, but it offers different things.

[Fau Teixeira]

I like this dish and get it whenever i go to the grill(e) .. which isn't often