Vincenza's Italian Bakery

07/26/09

Better check this place again

by jlp869 at Citysearch

My Mom is Italian so I am used to very good Italian food.

After a very long wait in a very uncrowded restuarant, I finally ordered a Greek salad and a senior special, rigatoni with It. sausage. After another lengthy wait the alleged Greek salad arrived. Wilted lettuce old red onions some old dry squash pieces and Italian gloppy dressing. There were no cucumbers, black olives and the feta cheese was tasteless. This salad was about as Greek as I am. When I asked about the lack of olives the waitress went to the bar and got me green martini olives - clueless.

Then finally the entree' arrived, oh my the pasta was way overdone and falling apart, the red sauce was seperating between water and marinara, tasty but old. The sausage was not home made and the pasta was falling apart.

One piece of the bread was as hard as a rock but the other two were smooth and soft, but alas - no butter, and no cheese either for my pasta. In fact the only item on the table was a pepper shaker. I had to get my own salt and was never offered more water or ice.

I was flabbergasted, and when I asked for two filled chocolate canolis, I got two almond cookies.

So if this is a four (4) star Italian restuarant in the Denver area, I must have been there on the worst day in their history. Or just maybe their quality control was off that day.

Fool me once...............

• Pros: one of the breads
• Cons: everything else

11/05/08

Overpriced average food

by roscoe4 at Citysearch

The flies on the windowsill and the fake plants didn't do much for my first impression but a friend had recommended it so we sat down and ordered. The pasta special ($6.95) seemed like a great deal but it wasn't any better than boiled pasta and Ragu that you could make at home. My husband had gnocchi ($10.95) which was rubbery and overcooked. A Fat Tire beer was $5. The desserts were OK, but overpriced as well. I thought the cheesecake looked better than it tasted and regretted the calories (and cost) immediately. On a positive note, the service was good and the bread was warm but we definitely wouldn't go back again.

10/22/08

Avoid At All Costs

by wwliftingman at Citysearch

This joint is by no means authentic. To call the food second rate Italian would be complimenting it. It's more like those leftovers that have been hiding out in the back of your fridge for the last two months. This place was really good when it opened six years ago, but since has gone down hill. I know that the Italiant man that used to own it no longer does, and has been replaced by some American hothead that thinks his stuff doesn't stink (even though his food does). The bread and bakery were second to none back in the day, but now it is last on my long list of "no thank you" restaurants.