Salerno-Pincente Ristorante, Hodgkins Thin

Hidden 500 yards from La Grange Road in the commercial town of Hodgkins is a nice Italian restaurant (or should I say ristorante! Maybe I should change my name to Mario Warneri)
Guys, there is an OTB in the same building! For the non-gamblers, OTB stands for Off-track betting. For you stupid non gamblers, a place where you can place a legal money wager on a horse or horses
that are racing around an oval track. Unfortunately, I believe the minimum age to enter is 82 years old and you have a deep scratchy voice and a cigarette handing out of you mouth. Unlike Vegas, they do not need to pump in extra oxygen as everyone brings their own in those portable oxygen tanks.

The restaurant is nice, fairly large with several separate rooms for groups and the conversation level is good so Cathy could hear my meaningless babble.
My favorite feature of the place was the fancy entry doors, part door and part window, where you can see movement but not really see in. They reminded me of my favorite television show, The Sopranos, so it must be an Italian thing.

Of course, started with our appetizer of choice, onion rings and loaf of very good bread, yes a loaf. (not to mention names but Cathy had most of it) The onion rings were hot, thin crispy and good but not memorable.
The pizza was a thin crust (waitress’ choice) with sausage and ½ sausage, green pepper and mushrooms. Overall the pizza was good but not memorable. The crust was crispy but seems to lack flavor and texture. The sauce and cheese were very good. The others items, sausage, green pepper and mushrooms were at the party but seems to be shy to join into the fun. Overall, very nice restaurant, reasonably priced and good selection of Italian dishes, but the pizza was not top 5 material.

Need I say, everything was accompanied with our beverage of choice, Miller Lite.

I simply was not WOWED and if you know me, I like to be WOWED! The bowls of pasta looked very good and seemed to be very popular, so a revisit may be needed.

The pizza was good but not memorable.
2 pizza cutters