With all of the new Del Pietro restaurants popping up, Jessie and I decided to try the classic Italian cuisine at Del Pietro's Sugo's Spagehtteria, located in Frontenac. We are a little turned off by the restaurant's location in a strip mall (with the door shut, you can't even tell the restaurant is open), but when you walk inside you get to experience a rustic setting with hearty wood tables and tiny tealight candles lighting up the large dim room. Once our eyes adjusted, we ordered a glass of wine while we waited for a table (even on a Tuesday night, the place was packed). There really isn't a bar, but rather a long wooden table with several bottles of wine sitting on it. And no bartender, simply the hostess turning around and grabbing a bottle and glasses. There is a make-shift waiting area off to the side with 3 taller circular tables, right next to the people eating.
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| Front door of Sugo's Spaghetteria |
Once we finally got seated, we didn't see our waiter for a while. We were so thirsty Jessie actually got up and grabbled us some water from the side table, because no one would wait on us! Although our wait was long, once we gave our order, the food came out in less than 5 minutes! In fact, we didn't even have time to get bread. Luckily a really smiley guy (who was not our original waiter) noticed we were missing bread but had our food and offered to get us some. He continued to help us out the rest of the night... we named him "Smiley." We liked him.
On one wall there is a huge chalkboard with the entire menu and the specials of the day. The great thing about Sugo's is the simplicity, they really get it right. The menu only has a handful of different items to choose from for each meal category (salad, antipasti, pasta, pizza), so you'd think it would be really easy to choose, but all of the items sound so good, it is actually hard to eliminate your choices down. This post is here to help you choose: THE LASAGNA! Jessie got Lasagna and it was to die for, not to mention the size of my head! I definitely recommend splitting this item, or be smart like Jessie and eat half and save the other half for lunch the next day. I think my favorite thing about the lasagna are the tomatoes they use. They were really tangy and gave the lasagna a really big pick-me-up. I also loved the big square shreds of fresh parmesan cheese on top.
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| Jessie's Lasagna |
I decided to order the pasta special of the day, Pasta Diavolo, which is angel hair pasta with scallops, shrimp, mussels and clams in a spicy tomato sauce. It was awesome! I probably should have saved some to take home but I could not stop eating it. And luckily Smiley brought us some bread, because the leftover sauce was so yummy to dip my bread in. Like the Lasagna, there was something rich and tangy about the tomatoes that really added to the dish.
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| Josie's Pasta Diavolo |
Over all, Sugo's Spaghetteria exudes simplicity. From the decor and ambiance, to the menu and food. For people who like good rustic Italian food, I would definitely swing by Sugo's (and get the lasagna!). And for all of you West County and St. Charles peeps, don't worry about coming out to Frontenac because Del Pietro also has Babbo's Spaghetteria in the Chesterfield Valley which is an identical clone to Sugo's, right down to the wooden tables, chalkboard menu and lasagna! Note: Wine lovers, also try Del Pietro's contemporary wine bar, Via Vino, next door to Sugo's.
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