Uncle Ricco's

"How much you wanna bet I can throw a football over them mountains?"   - Uncle Rico

Tonight was our monthly Gamma Phi Beta Wednesday Night Dinner and we tried out a little Italian joint in Overland Park: Ricco's Italian Bistro.  We had such a fun time... and we even got to meet a new addition to the family!

Hi Ellen!

Is that a baby in your shirt?

Ellen brought baby Breven to dinner in a sling.  He's two weeks old today and this was actually his first trip out of the house.  He picked a good night to go out.

And so did we.  Ricco's has daily specials and the Wednesday special happens to be $5 off any bottle of wine.  Thank goodness for Kait or I'd have had to call Drew for a ride home!  The only thing about getting a whole bottle of wine is that they do the whole fancy show you the bottle thing.

Looks good to me!

Since I was the one who ordered it, he made me try it after he opened it and before he poured our glasses.  Like I know what I'm tasting here... "Ahh yes, this tastes just like the Yellow Tail I usually purchase."  Who wants to take a wine tasting class with me?

Love you, Kait.  Love you, Malbec.

Enjoying some salads.

I had heard really great things about the pizza at Ricco's.  So I ordered the Italian Veggie: Artichoke Dip, Spinach, Roasted Red Peppers, Mushrooms, and Capers.

It. Was. Good.

I ate the whole thing.  Seriously.  I'll do that after half a bottle of wine.  Imagine what would happen after a whole bottle.  Meggy ordered Margarita Pizza and it looked pretty stellar too.  (Meggy, why didn't I take any pictures of you and your pizza???)

Kait ordered a bowl of Fettuccini Pesto: Chicken sauteed with mushrooms, tomato, and garlic, in a rich pesto cream sauce tossed with fettuccini.

Mmmm...

And Ellen, who just had a baby, ordered a salad.  Typical.  Coconut Chicken Salad: Flash-fried, coconut breaded chicken tenderloin, mixed greens, roma tomatoes, artichoke hearts, grilled pineapple, cheddar jack cheese with honey mustard dressing.

"I'm a mommy."

It is always hard for me to give a good restaurant review, because I always have such a great time at our Wednesday night dinners.  But that is probably because I have really fun friends, not necessarily because the restaurant is fab.  But let's give it a go.

The atmosphere was really nice, even though they stuck us in the back by the kitchen.  The food was awesome.  Our waiter was super nice and friendly... even when I was making a fool of myself during the whole wine bottle opening thing.  BUT, the service was so slow.  I mean, we had a table of hungry girls (It's Ash Wednesday... we've been fasting), and it took a really long time to take our order... get our salads... bring the entrees.

Luckily we had lots of wine amazing conversations to keep us entertained while we waited.  I learned lots more that I really didn't want to know about child birth.  Listen friends, the more you tell me, the more I don't want to do it. 

Anyways, besides the slowishness, Ricco's was really great.  I would definitely go back for the amazing food and cheap wine specials!