Another Sunday, another Italian meal. I am starting to like this trend. A fun family activity followed by a large/late lunch with lots of leftovers. Probably not so good for our waistlines, but fun nonetheless.
Speaking of waistlines, we had actually earned our calories for this meal after an hour of jumping on trampolines at AirTrampoline. We were starving and our party of 8 wanted a kid-friendly, good meal. I’d heard of Butera’s, a Long Island establishment with 4 locations, so we gave the Sayville branch a shot.
This is a place for a crowd. It is loud and bustling, with big round tables, and able to handle our four "5 & unders".
At 2:00, we were offered both the lunch and dinner menus as we demolished the generous bread basket multiple times.
And if the bread basket wasn't enough, I opted for the Grilled Eggplant sandwich. This was a monstrous open-face piece of focaccia covered in grilled eggplant, onions, mozzarella and tomato sauce. After about two bites, I had to stop eating the bread and just eat the eggplant with its topping. It was tasty and oh-so-filling.
JB's Rigatoni alla Rossa was comprised of chicken sausage and spinach in a pink sauce. The sauce did not hold a candle to Marie's vodka sauce and the sausage was over-fennelled, in my opinion, but this pasta dish did the trick for JB.
We also shared a marinara pizza for the table which frankly did not have enough sauce. The boys, per usual, enjoyed a mammoth burger and for an Italian restaurant, some good-looking fries.
We were stuffed, exhausted and it was leftovers again for the Berger family.
Until our next Berger,
KLB
Butera's
100 South Main Street
Sayville, NY
On the Side: They also have locations in Seaford, Woodbury and Smithtown, so check it out if you are in the area.
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