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Gennaro’s Eatery
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A Quincy Quarry dining review of Gennaro’s Eatery by Julia Child.
If there is anything in a name – Gennaro’s Eatery should translate into generous.
Generous portions, that is.
Promising landscaped exterior and flashing little white holiday lights are certainly part of the attraction of this family-run Quincy restaurant.
The real draw, however, is that Gennnaro’s is a traditional Quincy locals’ favorite “stuff your face kinda place” as it features fork lift-sized portions.
Leftovers at Gennaro’s are guaranteed! So large are the portions that after one is done, there is usually enough left over to take home to feed a small country.
Plenty for many for modest money
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Have a large family? No problem, Gennaro’s affordable menu features seafood, pasta, chicken, pizza, salad and so on – something for everyone!
Planning a party on a budget and need to feed many? Try Gennaro’s catering menu – great prices for hefty tubs of lasagna or eggplant parm!
Hankering for a pizza? Gennario’s offerings are tasty, piled high with cheese and sauce – no skimping on the toppings, either.
Into meatballs? You won’t be saying where’s the beef here!
Really hungry? Try the meat lovers’ pizza – this “coronary specialty” of the house is all but guaranteed to require a prescription for Lipitor© afterwards.
On the downside, the wait staff displayed “badittude” when I returned the vino as it was the closest thing to Draino© that my lips have ever come across. Unfortunately for its patrons, Gennaro’s beer and wine offerings are borderline homeless brown bag picks.
Too bad City of Quincy City Clerk Joe Shea doesn’t have a say on the wine and beer offerings when Gennaro’s annually renews its liquor license as this place would lose it in a heartbeat.
Quantity, quantity – and even more quantity is what you will get here!
As such, thank God that it’s located next to the Quincy Athletic Club because you’re gonna need to hit the gym after eating at this eatery.
A Quincy Quarry culinary review by Julie Child.
Julie descends from gourmet culinary blood lines of Mediterranean extraction and was raised on a family farm and weaned in the kitchen under the thumbs of well-traveled and event more skilled cooks. Ms. Child is a chef, author, farmer, restaurant reviewer, oenophile, animal lover and knife thrower extraordinaire.
In short, Julie knows what’s cooking – or not – in the kitchens of restaurants and is not shy about sharing what she discovers.
Smarmy review, I like it. Although it reads a bit like an advertisement at times. I live near this place in Faxon park, it seems like typical dumpy Italian. Maybe one step up from Olive Garden. I’m not surprised to hear otherwise.
I bet Olive Garden has better wine, though.
Ms. Child is nothing if not fair in her assessments.
Plus, she has to live in the Q.
Truth be told, Gennaro’s is a Quincy favorite – at least in part – given its honoring longtime locals’ culinary expectations of extra large helpings for modest money. Simply put, residents of the Q were into supersized dining LONG before Mickey D’s.
And as for its wine list, what can one expect when – per any reasonable sampling of empty cans in the street – Bud Lite is the local favorite alcoholic beverage?
At the same time, while the Olive Garden does have a better wine list, Gennaro’s is (arguably) closer to real Italian home-style family cooking.