# 3 Morone's Italian Villa

This time we decided to drive up Bethel Road.  Surely we would find someplace new and different and in a strip mall west of Reed Road we did.  We ended up at Morone's Ittalian Villa.

We came at one of our favorite times to eat - 1:30  and the restaurant was pretty empty and we like that right away.  It is carpeted and does not have what I often think of as the traditional Italian decor.  There was art for sale on the walls that was varied and interesting. There were landscapes, city scapes, flowers, and even a startlign picture of a wolf.  Very different decorations.

 Our server was friendly - a man with a man bun and a ring in his nose.  There was one silent  TV  tuned to a soap opera that I kept watching surreptitiously. It was quiet with soft music in the background.

They had a buffet which did not look particularly appealing and instead ordered and split a small 5 cheese pizza and an antipasta salad.  The 5 cheeses in the pizza were: romano, mozzaella, provolone, ricotta and cheddar.  And the food was really good.  Chuck is drawn to antipasta salads and this was a very good one. The pizza was cheesy - of course - and very tasty.  I would order it again in a heartbeat.


As we left I saw in the adjacent dining room this stove.  I had one just like this in my house in Cranford NJ back in the late 70's.  It really took me back and so I had to take a photo.

Then our gallivanting was not over.  We were delighted to find a popcorn store in the same strip mall.  And we bought $10 worth of salty caramel popcorn.  Delicisous and it lasted for a week!
A wonderful meal and a restaurant worth going back to sometime.