Mimo's Pizzeria

I've only been there once, but we loved it! I can't wait to go back. They have a excellent red sauce, bread was awesome. My wife ordered an item, that had a couple of ingredients I usually don't like, but I couldn't help my self, when trying a bit of her's it was that awesome. For a restaurant to take stuff, you don't normally like and make you like it... I'm impressed. Also we are fans of Garlic knots, and usually visit a place that has them. These knots were the largest we've had and they weren't hard or over cooked.

I stopped in here during lunch one day while waiting on a doctor's appointment. Service was quick and the restaurant itself was cute, but the experience left much to be desired.  My water was delivered half-full and there were flies all over the place.  My order came out quickly, but the calzone was burned on the outside and was filled with raw pepperonis and canned mushrooms.  The garlic knots were complimentary and good, except the raw minced garlic sprinkled was an unwelcome surprise when taking a bite.  After reading the other reviews, perhaps I visited on an off-day, but I will not be making a return visit to double-check.

So were on the long drive back from Lexington to St. Louis when we crossed the state line into Indiana and looked off to our right and saw a little town lit up along the Ohio river and were like - "hey that looks interesting".  So I immediately exited the highway and drove over to where the lights were and we saw a few spots and La Bocca was the one that caught our eye.

We stopped in and got a table outside for dinner.  Our waitress was very friendly and helpful.  There were 3 in our party and 2 of us wanted to split a pasta - ($5.00 up charge) and one of us wasn't that hungry and ordered off the kid's menu.  

The pasta was a rigatoni in a light cream sauce.  It was just what the doctor ordered for the long drive home.  They also brought us a bread basket with warm knot rolls with roasted garlic on top and a side of marinara dipping sauce.

I think they are silly for charging patrons for splitting a pasta dish.  In fact, to increase business you should let diners know you would be happy for them to split.  

But, all in all it was a pleasant pit stop on our drive.