Second Helpings
Fri., June 13, 2003
Bellagio Italian Bistro
6507 Jester, 346-8228
Sunday-Thursday, 5:30-10:30pm; Friday-Saturday, 5:30-11:30pm
Bellagio's popularity means that, unless you wish to dine at 9pm, you should prepare yourself for a wait, even with a reservation. Use your time to work up an appetite; this upscale place doles out absolutely enormous portions of well-prepared trattoria fare. The thick, succulent pork chop comes with creamy spinach and pine nuts, vegetables, and wedges of deep-fried polenta. The Sicilian seafood combination, enough for you and your best friend, is a platter of tagliatelle, covered in quantities of steamed mussels and clams, scallops, and shrimp, sauced in a mildly spicy tomato broth, and smothered with crisply tender, fried calamari.
