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Take-out at The Pitted Olive

I’ve been pretty pleased (if I say so myself) with my dinner-making diligence over the past few days. Spicy meatballs with a fragrant diced tomato-based sauce (fresh breadcrumbs, cumin, cayenne, cinnamon, cilantro, basil), fettuccine with chicken and goat cheese (substituted whole wheat capellini), and other entrees I can’t quite recall just now. The end of last week found me flagging, however, and ready for a professional to handle the cooking. M suggested that we try take-out at The Pitted Olive, which has quickly become one of our favorite sit-down restaurants. The Pitted Olive is also a deli and market and boasts a full to-go menu.

So. What to eat?

My first and most important question upon calling the restaurant involved an item not on the take-out menu. I was rewarded with a positive reply: yes, garlic frites were available to go. Their garlic & parmesan dusted fries are utterly addicting.

Moving on. M chose the Classic Meat Lasagna and the Pitted Olive Greek salad minus the olives. I opted for the Market Bacon Sirloin Burger with bleu cheese, medium rare, side of potato salad, and mixed greens with creamy balsamic. The whole thing came to a long drive (well, three and a half miles, but that’s long when it’s during rush hour and you’re hungry), a solid bag o’ food, and a $40 tab.

Worth it? Oh, yeah. I had planned on getting two orders of frites but only got one; good choice! They are quite filling. Everything was delicious. I’m not really a salad guy, but that creamy balsamic was luscious. Homemade? Dunno. Hope so. M remarked favorably on her salad as well, and enjoyed the lasagna. The burger was all I could ask, flavorful and huge. The potato salad - garlic in there somewhere? Very tasty. We were stuffed and happy when all was done.

So big props to The Pitted Olive. Check it out sometime. Parking is at a premium out front (and don’t park at the adjacent businesses if you don’t enjoy having your vehicle towed to East Jesus). Park on the street and enjoy your meal.

Note: Apologies to those who clicked on the links to the meatball and fettuccine recipes only to be confronted by the main Taunton Press website. Taunton publishes Fine Cooking, whence came those recipes, and apparently search links don’t last long there. You should be able to Google those dishes and find the recipes, however. If not, let me know and I’ll just send them to you.

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