Ray has been assigned as Sacristan at the 12:45PM mass during the winter, so we don't get out of church until at least 2pm. This is an extra mass that St. Timothy's schedules between January and May to accommodate the snowbirds. We recently decided this would make for a great opportunity to eat Sunday dinner out after mass. We will get to the restaurants after the lunch crowd but long before the dinner crowd.
There are so many restaurants in the area and we have only tried a fraction of them, so we've decided to try some we haven't been to before. We saw a new Italian restaurant in Brownwood called Ricciardi's the last time we drove through there and saw it featured on the Villages vmail last week. Since we love Italian food, that was this week's pick and it was great. They have both indoor and outdoor seating, a casual but classy interior, and room in back for large groups. (There was a group of 35 in there when we arrived.)
Ray opted for his favorite chicken parm with a garden salad and coke. I was a little more daring, and ordered one of the specials of the day - mahi mahi and thin linguini in a wine and butter sauce with mushrooms and artichokes. I also tried their pasta fagioli instead of salad and a nice glass of Chardonnay. Ray said the red sauce on his entree was thinner than usual but still good. I thoroughly enjoyed my dinner. I'm not usually a fan of artichokes but the sauce made even these taste fine. This restaurant will definitely be one of our choices for future meals and to bring guests to. In addition to the full meals they also serve a full page of pizza varieties plus calzones and salads. I think the next time we go to Brownwood for a movie we might stop there for pizza afterwards.
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