New restaurant- soft opening

Ronnie and I were blessed to be invited to the soft opening of a new Concept restaurant in Rocky River called Polpetta. The concept was originally at Porco Lounge in the Tremont area and started by Brian Okin and Adam Bostwick. Now it is its own brick and mortar restaurant with amazing food. one of the awesome things about your husband being a bartender is that he knows wonderful industry people who invited us to try this food. (Thanks Amanda).

So they have a limited menu but yet it has hundreds of different combinations. There are appetizers and salads but most importantly is the meatball. The concept is simple you can either have meatball sliders or you can have them without the bread. We both opted for the straight meatballs. Basically you pick your type of meatball, sauce, and accompaniment. They have a variety of choices in each category. They also have a section of their favorite combinations.

Ronnie and I chose our own route. He picked sausage and pepper meatballs with pesto over pasta fagioli. The pasta was absolutely amazing and so incredibly fresh. The pasta tasted just like one of our grandmothers had made it. I chose the lamb balls with Tzatziki over greens. I have to save these might have been the most amazing greens I've ever had. The combination works so well together. We decided to also try a dessert while we were there. We ordered the brownie batter on a paddle. It was Rocky Road brownie batter on mixing paddles served with broken pizzelle cookies. My husband does not even like dessert and he couldn't stop eating it. It is definitely large enough to share with three or four people.

I cannot wait to go back there again. The food was just unique and so fresh.

***** Photos added from another trip to Polpetta*********

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