Amerigo Italian Restaurant

Two friends of mine who work in the area ate there for lunch. They said it was VERY good.

Kim, I don't think we fit the mold of a "chain". Amerigo is owned and operated by a very very small group of people that are very expierienced in running and operating restaurants, that come from a wide variety of fields in that industry. We are not a publicly traded restaurant. I think the closer definition would be a small buisness since Louisville is only the 5th location for us over a 2 decade period. As far as from scratch, we spend 200-300 hrs a week preping and preparing items in our prep kitchen. All of our sauces, soups, dressings, entree items etc, etc, are prepared daily. The list of items is to great to list. Another aspect of our restaurant that we are very proud of is that we use local items such as produce, jellies and cheeses in and on our menu items, as well as using locally owned seafood and produce companies. I hope this answers your questions and hopefully you will come and visit us. Ask for me when you come in, I would love to introduce myself.

Hi Anthony!

I hope this first week is starting out well! Thanks for your response. I don't really consider it a chain either, which is why I put the word in semi-quotes, but it was referred to as such in a previous posting http://www.wineloverspage.com/forum/hot ... ht=amerigo (i don't know how to make the word the link). Anyway, the menu and the quality of food and wine at Amerigo sound wonderful - can't wait to try it!

Thanx Kim, The week is starting out great!!! Let me know when you come in.

We will! Is there a day that's better than another? How is lunch? I may bring out some work peeps...

My son and I had lunch there today. It was great! The service was excellent. Our waiter brought bread and oil with fresh basil, to dip the bread in. My son got the Caesar Pasta Salad with grilled chicken. He really enjoyed his salad. I got the Saturday lunch special of pork loin chop cooked on a cedar plank. It was glazed with a sweet pineapple sauce. It came with roasted julienne cut vegetables and mashed potatoes with leeks and topped with asiago cheese. Very delicious. It was hard to choose what to get, everything looked so tasty. I will definitely return.

Kim, any day is good. We have a feature lunch special everyday that you can check out on [url]amerigo.net[/url] under the Louisville menu. We also feature a Sunday brunch that we will roll out tommorow which includes a lot of specialty local products as well as some classic brunch dishes with our twist of course.