Lamarca Lamarca is my friend Hilary's favorite restaurant. She wanted us, her running buddies, to try the place she goes to for her carb-loading dinners. Aside from a couple of eccentricities, Lamarca has a certain charm. The tip cannot be paid on credit card. They're not open on the weekends and on working days, the restaurant closes at 10PM. The decor is simply unnoticeable, yet still feels clean, and thank goodness for restaurants with enough light so you can actually see your food.
They have a simple formula here. Most of the menu is pasta, in two price groups, $15.50 and $17. (Some of the $17 dishes are only available on certain days.) That comes with a perfect roll, hard and crusty on the outside, dense and chewy on the inside, and a nice salad. The dressing is unique, almost like a chunky chimichurri.
I ordered the Chitarrucci con Salsa Aurora, recommended on a few on-line reviews. I really enjoyed the fresh square-cut linguine, my first experience of this shape. The sauce was similar to a vodka sauce but topped with smoked mozzarella. The combination worked well together but there was only enough smoked mozzarella for 2-3 bites and the sauce was sweeter than my preference.
Hilary had the Gemelli alla Ciociara, one of my favorite pasta shapes, in a simple sauce of olives, onions, and peppers.
I rarely make repeat visits since I always prefer to try new restaurants (and my list is really long), but if Hilary wanted me to go with her, I'd gladly go again.
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love love love love love lamarco. their veggie lasagna (only available on certain days - def thurs) is very good (it comes out really HOT which is how i prefer to eat food). the eggplant parm is fab too and available all the time. |
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Jessica@Foodmayhem said:
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X, really hot is how I like my food too! Forgot to mention that the roll comes warm, extra points there. |
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i feel like the rolls were better when i first went. they are even bigger now and doughy-er. which is not a huge problem as i would normally eat it all but since you get the bread, salad, and pasta, if i ate the entire piece of bread, i can't finish the pasta! i usually go with andy so next time i think i'll just ask them to bring one roll so we don't waste food. he had the capellini with meatballs and tomato sauce, that was really tasty too! good meatballs, the sauce was on the sweet side but the pasta was cooked well. |
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Jessica@Foodmayhem said:
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well, it's still less waste then when restaurants give you a whole bread basket... |