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Antonio Geminiani of Napoli Italian Restaurant in South Ogden, that includes the restaurant’s mixture of seafood and do-it-yourself biscuits and oil for dipping.
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Napoli Seafood Mixture of Shrimp, Scallops, Mussels and Clams, topped with a alternative of Prawns or Alfredo Sauce.
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Rooster Florentine at Napoli’s in South Ogden is a creamy hen breast in a garlic sauce with contemporary spinach, mushrooms and inexperienced onions over spaghetti pasta.
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Candy ricotta-filled cannoli and Italian cream pie are two fashionable desserts.
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Antonio Geminiani of Napoli Italian Restaurant in South Ogden, that includes the restaurant’s mixture of seafood and do-it-yourself biscuits and oil for dipping.
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Napoli Seafood Mixture of Shrimp, Scallops, Mussels and Clams, topped with a alternative of Prawns or Alfredo Sauce.
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Rooster Florentine at Napoli’s in South Ogden is a creamy hen breast in a garlic sauce with contemporary spinach, mushrooms and inexperienced onions over spaghetti pasta.
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Candy ricotta-filled cannoli and Italian cream pie are two fashionable desserts.
Napoli’s Italian restaurant isn’t “quick meals”. it is an expertise
The South Ogden Restaurant, which opened in June, serves genuine delicacies in a white tablecloth setting.
“We have now clients right here who need their meals quick, however we won’t make it quick as a result of we wish to make sure that it is effectively cooked,” stated Antonio Geminiani, one of many homeowners. “Our meals doesn’t come frozen or ready. We prepare dinner individually for every buyer as they order it.”
The restaurant’s conventional Italian tomato sauce cooks for six and a half hours, with contemporary basil, garlic and onion.
“We make our bread right here each day,” Geminiani stated. “We do a lot of the desserts and a lot of the pastas.”
So sit again and take a while to get pleasure from old-world dishes like Rooster Florentine, Lasagna, Fettuccine Alfredo, or Beef Marsala, topped with ricotta-stuffed cannoli or Italian cream pie.
Though new to Utah, Napoli’s comes from a gaggle of family-owned eating places, with 37 places.
Geminiani stated her mom is from Napoli (the Italian phrase for Naples) and her father is from Sicily, “so we selected ‘Napoli’s’.” They opened their first restaurant in 1987 within the Bronx neighborhood of New York. They later expanded to Texas, Iowa, Arkansas, and Missouri.
He adopted a good friend’s advice in Arizona that Utah may use extra Italian meals.
“I had Provo in thoughts, however I did not discover a good place,” he stated.
Driving north, he discovered a constructing he favored on Riverdale Street, previously a Cafe Rio.
“We opened on June 27 and did not announce till the following day, as a result of we did not wish to be too busy, being in a brand new space. However the first night time, we have been full.”
Phrase is getting out, as South Ogden Mayor Russell Porter stopped by the restaurant final week to welcome the brand new eatery.
A bestseller on the menu is Little Italy, a trio of hen Parmesan, lasagna, and fettuccine Alfredo.
One other fashionable dish is Rooster Florentine: hen breast, contemporary spinach, mushrooms, and inexperienced onions in a garlic cream sauce over spaghetti pasta.
The seafood combo consists of shrimp, scallops, mussels and clams, smothered in a alternative of shrimp or Alfredo sauce.
Geminiani has been stunned that two sizzling sauce dishes have offered so effectively: Rooster Arabiata and Shrimp Diavolo.
“The server is prompted to ask how sizzling you need it, as a result of some individuals need it actually sizzling and a few individuals don’t desire it too sizzling,” Geminiani stated.
Every entrée features a salad and do-it-yourself rolls with a mixture of olive oil and balsamic vinegar for dipping.
Two principal appetizers are stuffed mushrooms and fried calamari. Dessert favorites embody Italian cream pie and cannoli, a tube of crispy puff pastry with a creamy, frosting-like ricotta filling.
Geminiani’s private favourite is penne Bravissimo: penne pasta with additional virgin olive oil, garlic, basil, kalamata olives, capers, roasted peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, and feta cheese. “Typically I add shrimp or hen,” he stated.
“We all know meals, however we do not know the way it tastes,” he stated, “I’d inform each buyer, in the event you do not like one thing, give us a second probability and allow us to discover one thing you want.”
The corporate has tentative plans to finally open six places in Utah.
“However let’s not rush,” Geminiani stated. “After establishing first base, we go to second and so forth. We have now to ensure that every little thing is okay, so that everybody goes in blissful and leaves blissful.”
IF YOU GO
Naples Italian Restaurant
Location: 4015 Riverdale Street, South Ogden
Contact: 385-244-1637
Costs: Lunch entrees, $13-$18; dinner entrees, $16-$25
Hours: Closed Monday. Open from 11 am to 9 pm Tuesday via Thursday and Sunday; and from 11 am to 10 pm from Friday to Saturday.
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