Eastside Road, October 6, 2010—
DINNER WITH FRIENDS in a white-tablecloth Italian restaurant "in town" tonight — in our local city, Santa Rosa, say 150,000 souls gathered in search of urban life, thirteen miles southwest of us.
We don't eat in town that often. We eat out so much in the course of the year, what with all our travels, that when we're within an hour of home that's where we're likely to eat — at home. But we were with friends; it was time for an early supper; and we all wanted a nice quiet place.
We had a simple, pleasant, civilized dinner —nothing striking. Comfort food. Bread, olive oil, and salt. A green salad with shavings of Parmesan cheese and a few cherry tomatos. Rigatoni with Italian sausage, peas, mushrooms, tomato and cream. A tiny grappa to end the meal. Very nice.
Greco di tufo, 2009
CA’ Bianca Ristorante Italiano, 835 2nd Street, Santa Rosa; tel. 707.542.5800
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