We arrived at 6 and were seated at a nice 4 top table with a great view of the rest of the restaurant. GianMarco's is a fairly small, elegant, white-tablecloth, Italian restaurant in Homewood. It definitely lived up to the hype. We started out with a bottle of Barbera which is our favorite varietal of Italian wine. The menu was quite extensive and we'd peeked at it ahead of time and had a pretty good idea of what we were going to order even before arriving for the meal. However, all of that went out the window when we heard the specials of the evening. Just hearing about the specials was mouth-watering. Gina decided on the Linguine Fradiavlo with seafood (lobster, shrimp, mussels, calamari) and Jay went with the Veal Osso Bucco. We started with pan fried calamari and Jay had the tomato and fresh mozzarella salad. Our entrees were heavenly!
We somehow managed to save a little room for dessert. Jay had New York style cheesecake and Gina had chocolate bread pudding with chocolate gelato. Jay had a tawny port with his dessert while Gina enjoyed a cappuccino. All in all this was a fantastic meal with wonderful service. This is a little fancier (and pricier) than we usually choose but for a special occasion, it was perfect.
(Jay here) just wanted add that I think this must be the best Italian Restaurant in the State of Alabama - it's that good!
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