The Italian Grille

The food is good with a pleasant wait staff and nice atmosphere. I usually opt to sit in the bar area as there is usually some type of game (sports) on the TV.

Hahaha. 2 1/2 stars.  If you want boxed Italian food here's your place.

Went here last night around 6:15.  It was fairly busy, but we were greeted promptly.  We received a warm loaf of bread and a dish with some herbs in it.  We were to pour the cheese and oil from the table in the dish for our bread - a nice touch.  It would have been nice to have some butter as well, though.  My husband ordered some sort of entree salad, and it was nice sized and good.  I ordered the minestrone soup and spaghetti with meat sauce.  The minestrone was ok - nothing spectacular.  The spaghetti was also good.  It was different than any I have had before.  The sauce was good, but it had a different flavor to it - perhaps more a concentration of spices that was different than other Italian restaurants.  We were served promptly, but not extremely friendly - more effeciant than friendly.  I like a combination of both, I suppose.  We will go back to try some different offerings. What I liked is that the bar area is situated so that kids can sit in there.  My 16 year old son will love it that we can sit in the bar area and watch the TVs.  I guess we are strange - we like restaurants where we can watch TV and eat (just like home!).