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New
England dining >>> Amici's Trattoria, Shrewsbury, MA.
Amici's Trattoria ends a dining patron's
bad luck streak of dining experiences
By Eric H.
You know you've had a bad luck streak
of restaurant dining experiences when the highlight of the month
was hearing Gordon Lightfoot's "Carefree Highway" coming
through the speakers in the men's room.
At restaurant one, food poisoning was
the special of the night. At restaurant two, I took our two little
daughters to the rest room and came back to find our just served
food taken away because someone thought we were finished (despite
jackets and a Mickey Mouse bag still there). At restaurant three,
a waiter adopted a Manson-like attitude when I politely mentioned
the restroom had no soap. At restaurant four, I ordered the turkey
special. The waitress rang up the order, went beyond an already
vacuous look, and asked me how much the dinner cost.
For those outside the region who think
this is representative of New England dining, it is not. New
England offers some of the best dining experiences in the country.
You don't have to worry about traveling half way across the country
to experience Gordon Lightfoot playing in the restroom as your
dining highlight.
The bad luck streak ended, fortunately,
courtesy of Amici's Trattoria, a fine, little Italian restaurant
in the located in the appealing Worcester, MA, suburb of Shrewsbury.
Set across the street from a classic New England village green,
Amici's served us the cure to those previously bad dining experience
with some great homemade bread along with with olives and garlic
in a dipping oil, a terrificly tender veal parmagian dish and
an absolutely superb seafood fra diablo, including spicy mussels,
tender scallops and high quality shrimp.
Our waitress was polite, professional
and seemed to enjoy her job. She didn't ask us how much our dinners
cost.
For dessert, the orange cream cake
had us wanting more, with its burst of moist orange flavor and
an oreo-cream like presence. It did have the same coloring as
the meal that gave me food poisoning a month back, but here it
was appropriate as obviously oranges are orange. Seafood should
not be orange.
Amici's offers pizza in red or white
sauces, and a large variety of risottos, and pastas. They also
offer a fine variety of steak, seafood and chicken dishes. We
can hardly wait to sample them all.
The resturant is split into two sections,
one for take-out and the other for dining, seating no more than
40 people. Amici's won't win any feng shui competitions, as it
is small, cluttered and noisy. Despite that atmosphere, it is
somehow cozy and relaxing.
And they didn't play any Gordon Lightfoot
music in the bathroom. After that bad luck streak, Amici's saved
the day. We are eternally grateful and look forward to returning
again.
Amici's Trattoria
582 Main St.
Shrewsbury, MA
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