Salutos Restaurant lies along a Grand Avenue, not far away from the Gurnee Mills shopping mall. Many other restaurant lie along this road, vying for the attention of shoppers and residents alike.
I was recently at Salutos for a birthday party. Our party of six arrived around 7PM on a Saturday. The place was moderately packed. We were seated at a long table in the middle of one of the restaurant's rooms, and our waiter soon provided us with water and menus.
Salutos offers the usual Italian-style dishes, like Eggplant Parmigiana (lightly breaded eggplant, first fried, then baked, with mozarella cheese and marinara sauce), Lasagna Imbotite (pasta sheets layered with meat sauce and cheeses, then baked), Tortellaci (tomato, spinach, and egg pasta stuffed with ricotta cheese and topped with marinara sauce), and shrimp primavera (vegetables and shrimp over fettuccine alfredo). There are also sandwiches like the Italian Beef, Homemade Meatball Sandwich, and the Portabella Parmigiana.
Specialties of the house include a dish called Rotolo, which is a sheet of pasta that is rolled around spinach, ham, ricotta, parmesan, and mozzarella cheeses, then poached, sliced, and baked. It is topped with alfredo sauce. Salutos also offers Scallopini, which are thin slices of meat that are then pounded to tenderness. There are several such scallopini to choose from: Alla Marsala with Veal, Alla Milanese with Chicken, Alla Parmigiana with Chicken, Alla Piccatta with Chicken, and so on.
I ordered the 8 inch Pan-style Salutos' Special Pizza, which is made with sausge, muhrooms, green peppers and onions. Others in our party ordered Rotolo, Lasagna Imbotite, Eggplant Parmigiana, and Primavera (vegetable) Fettuccine Alfredo.
Our meals came quickly, and our ever-attentive waiter made sure that we had sufficient drinks and plates for the salad that came with many a person's entree. I dug into my pizza and was satisfied, but not impressed, with its flavor: the crust was a bit dry, and the pizza seemed lacking in actual tomato sauce.
I was recently at Salutos for a birthday party. Our party of six arrived around 7PM on a Saturday. The place was moderately packed. We were seated at a long table in the middle of one of the restaurant's rooms, and our waiter soon provided us with water and menus.
Salutos offers the usual Italian-style dishes, like Eggplant Parmigiana (lightly breaded eggplant, first fried, then baked, with mozarella cheese and marinara sauce), Lasagna Imbotite (pasta sheets layered with meat sauce and cheeses, then baked), Tortellaci (tomato, spinach, and egg pasta stuffed with ricotta cheese and topped with marinara sauce), and shrimp primavera (vegetables and shrimp over fettuccine alfredo). There are also sandwiches like the Italian Beef, Homemade Meatball Sandwich, and the Portabella Parmigiana.
Specialties of the house include a dish called Rotolo, which is a sheet of pasta that is rolled around spinach, ham, ricotta, parmesan, and mozzarella cheeses, then poached, sliced, and baked. It is topped with alfredo sauce. Salutos also offers Scallopini, which are thin slices of meat that are then pounded to tenderness. There are several such scallopini to choose from: Alla Marsala with Veal, Alla Milanese with Chicken, Alla Parmigiana with Chicken, Alla Piccatta with Chicken, and so on.
I ordered the 8 inch Pan-style Salutos' Special Pizza, which is made with sausge, muhrooms, green peppers and onions. Others in our party ordered Rotolo, Lasagna Imbotite, Eggplant Parmigiana, and Primavera (vegetable) Fettuccine Alfredo.
Our meals came quickly, and our ever-attentive waiter made sure that we had sufficient drinks and plates for the salad that came with many a person's entree. I dug into my pizza and was satisfied, but not impressed, with its flavor: the crust was a bit dry, and the pizza seemed lacking in actual tomato sauce.
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