Last Sunday we wanted to eat at Bonnie Jean's Soul Food place but for some reason, it was closed. It was 12 noon too. I figured it would be open especially as a lunch destination for those leaving church or something. Anyways, it was closed. I remembered seeing
Trevi Ristorantein an old restaurant review a few years ago and always wanted to go there. When I followed my friend a couple weeks ago to Bonnie Jean's, I spied the restaurant which is on Federal Blvd, near a corner in a really run down looking area. So....since Bonnie Jean's was closed, Bert, TC and I went here. It was raining when we got there and during the course of our meal, it was pouring pretty heavily. Click
here for the Yelp reviews. This was the shot I took as we left (below):
Menu cover (kinda blah):
Their take out menu:
When we got there, it was empty and unfortunately it remained empty during the hour or so we there there. We were greeted by a young girl (a teenager) and a woman whom I believe was her mother. It looks like a family run operation. The interior is pretty nice though with terra cotta sponged walls and a huge wall with a painting of the Trevi fountain (didn't take a photo of it).
The restaurant was spacious with lots of tables as well as booths on the side and facing the window towards the front.
Our young server gave us garlic bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. As you can see, the bread was burnt. I didn't really like it. The bread tasted cheap, like cheapass french bread from Vons or Ralphs.
We ordered the Calamari Fritto appetizer. The marinara sauce was piping hot and it had capers in it. This was a nice touch. The squid pieces were cut kind of strange and there were two pieces with tentacles. I actually like the tentacles, but gave them to TC for novelty's sake. They were cute, like a mini Kraken.
We also ordered their signature Trevi Salad, which are mixed spring greens with strawberries, grilled chicken breast, candied walnuts and strawberry dressing. I thought the portion was a bit small for the price ($9.50 I think), but I loved the dressing which is saying a lot because I'm not a salad dressing person. I liked it because because it was sweet and light tasting. No heavy oily taste or vinegar flavor.
We shared the salad as well as our main entree, the Vegetarian Pizza. As you can see, the toppings seem a bit sparse. There were chopped olives, slived green peppers, mushrooms, and really thinly sliced red onions. I thought the red onions were sliced way too thin. They were not pleasant to eat because they got caught in my teeth (insert nasty joke here). I ended up picking mine off. The toppings didn't seem evenly distributed either.
A shot of our lonely pizza with parmesan cheese sprinkled on top and also before we put on the hot pepper seeds.
Okay, I can cross this place off our list. We had decent service. The girl was not very well versed with speaking with customers. "Do you want dessert?" . Uh, yeah. No. No other customers were there. One lady did walk in, but she came in to talk to the lady working there, then left. Maybe this place is happening at nights?
Menu cover (kinda blah):
Their take out menu:
When we got there, it was empty and unfortunately it remained empty during the hour or so we there there. We were greeted by a young girl (a teenager) and a woman whom I believe was her mother. It looks like a family run operation. The interior is pretty nice though with terra cotta sponged walls and a huge wall with a painting of the Trevi fountain (didn't take a photo of it).
The restaurant was spacious with lots of tables as well as booths on the side and facing the window towards the front.
Our young server gave us garlic bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. As you can see, the bread was burnt. I didn't really like it. The bread tasted cheap, like cheapass french bread from Vons or Ralphs.
We ordered the Calamari Fritto appetizer. The marinara sauce was piping hot and it had capers in it. This was a nice touch. The squid pieces were cut kind of strange and there were two pieces with tentacles. I actually like the tentacles, but gave them to TC for novelty's sake. They were cute, like a mini Kraken.
We also ordered their signature Trevi Salad, which are mixed spring greens with strawberries, grilled chicken breast, candied walnuts and strawberry dressing. I thought the portion was a bit small for the price ($9.50 I think), but I loved the dressing which is saying a lot because I'm not a salad dressing person. I liked it because because it was sweet and light tasting. No heavy oily taste or vinegar flavor.
We shared the salad as well as our main entree, the Vegetarian Pizza. As you can see, the toppings seem a bit sparse. There were chopped olives, slived green peppers, mushrooms, and really thinly sliced red onions. I thought the red onions were sliced way too thin. They were not pleasant to eat because they got caught in my teeth (insert nasty joke here). I ended up picking mine off. The toppings didn't seem evenly distributed either.
A shot of our lonely pizza with parmesan cheese sprinkled on top and also before we put on the hot pepper seeds.
Okay, I can cross this place off our list. We had decent service. The girl was not very well versed with speaking with customers. "Do you want dessert?" . Uh, yeah. No. No other customers were there. One lady did walk in, but she came in to talk to the lady working there, then left. Maybe this place is happening at nights? 
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