Twenty-second stop:
Campanello’s Italian Cuisine
Date: July 25, 2012
Location: 414 Central Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45202
Ranking: 38
Unfortunately, we don’t have much to say about the pizza at
Campenello’s Italian Cuisine. The
main reason for this being-we didn’t have any! We had purchased a JB Dollar
Savers deal online, which entitled us to $20 worth of food for $10. Split between the two of us, $5 for
pretty much anything isn’t a bad deal.
Situated downtown on Central Avenue, Campanello’s is a
family-run establishment that dishes up some basic, traditional Italian
foods. It is casual and tiny
inside the dim dining room, with a few tables lining one side of the room, and
a bar on the other side. Luckily,
one of those tables was open for us when we arrived. If you are one of those “glass half full” type people, you
might say that the seating arrangements are “cozy.” If you are more of a “glass half empty” type, you’d say it
was “cramped” or “suffocating.”
This is worth noting if you’re looking for someplace to have a private
conversation, but not such a big deal if you’re just grabbing lunch with some
old friends.
We browsed the menu, and noticed that there was no mention
of pizza anywhere. After sharing a
suspicious look and double-checking our reading comprehension skills, we asked
the server if they served pizza.
She said that they did have pizza, but they only made 6 doughs at a
time, so they went pretty fast.
She didn’t really elaborate, and we didn’t really interrogate her any
more either, but we were still a little confused. From our basic understanding, you either have to be a
regular who is in the know about when pizza is served, or be super lucky to get
there in a time when one of those 6 pies is available. We were obviously a little disappointed
about not getting to try the pizza, but still in front of us was a menu full of
homemade Italian fare, so we figured we’d just go with the flow and order
something else that sounded good.
We had some of the standard bread and butter in a basket
before the meal, which was good, but nothing extremely memorable. Robyn got ordered a lasagna and
manicotti combo for her entrée.
Courtney had a “special” of some sort. Again, it was decent, but nothing out of the ordinary.
