Sazio – Buon Appetito! originally published on Food and Fond Memories on September 12, 2016 by sandyaxelrod Leave a Comment (Edit)
Sazio – Buon Appetito!
If you love Italian food and you are anywhere near Delray Beach, Florida, you really need to visit Sazio on Atlantic Avenue! Buon Appetito.
Gorgonzola Salad
On Saturday evening my sweet, wonderful husband planned our evening out. He decided that we should take a drive to Delray Beach and stroll Atlantic Avenue to check out the menus before decided on where to have dinner. Since it was a perfect evening we put the top down and went on our merry way. I don’t know if you have ever gone there on the weekend but it is buzzing with people, music, aromas and lots of doggies. It isn’t even season yet but the boulevard was crowded and alive. After perusing about a dozen menus we chose to dine at Sazio because we both love Italian cuisine and the menu was so well written and enticing that we decided we didn’t need to go any further!
Most of the seating for Sazio is outside and perfect for people watching and that is where we sat. It was just so delightful to see diners with their fur babies enjoying the ambiance and food. With great music coming from across the way it was soft enough to allow for conversation without having to shout. The guests there were super friendly which added to the enjoyment of the experience.
I knew what I wanted to taste before I even sat down but Steve had a more difficult time making a selection because everything sounded so fabulous. His decision wasn’t easily made because they offer so many options including pizza, sandwiches and wraps in addition to more traditional main courses. We ordered a Gorgonzola Salad to share to start off our meal along with the Tuscan Snapper Filet for me and the Tortellini Carbonara for Steve.
Our salad came in a cool slanted bowl and was an enormous portion even to share. But somehow we managed to eat every last morsel of the tender baby greens, juicy plum tomatoes, crisp cucumbers and sweet as sugar roasted peppers that were all enhanced by the Gorgonzola cheese and Balsamic Vinaigrette. When our entrées were placed in front of us we were wowed yet again by the portion sizes. Steve’s pasta was in the same huge bowl that our salad was served in (well not actually the very same bowl, just one like it) and was abundantly filled and my fish was an entire side of snapper. I knew immediately that we would have dinner for Sunday night as well.
Tuscan Snapper Filet
My first bite of the perfectly cooked pan seared fish made me so happy. It was deliciously flavorful with plenty of artichoke hearts, tiny grape tomatoes, kalamata olives and capers with a lemony white wine butter sauce. My entree came with two sides but since I am cutting carbs I opted for double broccoli which was so tasty and still crisp tender cooked with lots of sweet garlic. Steve’s tricolor cheese filled tortellini was tossed with prosciutto, peas and onions along with a creamy Parmesan sauce. It was rich and absolutely delicious but very filling. So as anticipated we had them box up our leftovers.
Tortellini Carbonara
As an added tidbit sazio is Italian for satiated. And that is the goal of the owners. They want you to leave satiated and even have enough left for another taste, which we certainly did!
Sazio
131 Atlantic Avenue
Delray Beach, Florida 33444
561-272-5540
