We went to Franco's for the first time on Friday evening around 7:30pm. The restaurant is separated into one room with a counter and regular seating. It seems like you order at the counter and do take out orders in this room. The other is nicer and more of a sit down/full service area. We knew ahead of time that it was BYOB so we brought some wine with us. We really like BYOB places and there is also no corking fee or wine glass fee. There was one other table seated when we arrived.
Our server was super nice, quick and was always there when we needed her. I was very excited to see Arancini on the menu because it's usually a favorite of mine. So I knew ahead of time that we would be ordering it for an appetizer. Well... they make theirs different than any other place I've ever had it before. It's one large baseball sized ball cut in half and it's also full of meat. It didn't say there was meat in it anywhere on the menu and I'm a vegetarian so my boyfriend ate it on his own. I was super disappointed, but he said it was good. They should change their menu description of the Arancini on the menu because all it says is 'fried risotto balls, provolone'... there is one ball cut in half and there is meat in it.
Then we ordered our entrees. My boyfriend wanted the prime rib, but we were told that they don't always have it. It's the only steak dinner item on the menu and they didn't have it that night. So he ordered one of the specials, which was a Italian Tower.. fried eggplant, fried chicken, covered in cheese and topped with a gigantic meatball. He said it was really good and that usually places put too much filler in their meatballs, but Franco's meatballs were mostly meat, which he was pleased about. He always, always finishes his meals, but this was so large that he couldn't. The special was $18 and he was charged an extra $4 because he wanted a side of pasta with it.
I ordered the Eggplant Invotini and it came with a side of pasta ($13). After ordering when the waitress came back I asked her to make sure that there would be no meat in my entree, since there was the mishap with the appetizer. She ran back to the kitchen to make sure and was told they would make a special sauce for mine. Thank goodness we asked. Both entrees came with soup or salad and we chose the salad with an orange dressing. The dressing was amazing. They also usually give you garlic knots, but they were out of them so we were given another type of bread, which was really good. We also ordered a small plain personal pizza ($5) since it was our first time there. My boyfriend and I shared one of the four pieces and took the rest home. The sauce is a little sweet and just perfect and the crust was great. We were definitely a fan of their pizza.
For dessert I had a cannoli and he has the tiramisu. The tiramisu seemed to be homemade and he said it was delicious. We went home with tons of leftovers and had lunch and dinner from it all the next day. Our waitress even gave us some garlic knots for our leftovers since they made more! Overall, it was a great experience and we'll definitely be going back. We're glad we went for the first time. Hopefully our waitress is still there when we go back because she was excellent. read more