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It was the 14th of October when we decided to visit The Palazzo, an Italian restaurant in Burnley, Lancashire. Some time ago you might say?
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Yes, it has taken me almost 2 months to do this write-up, that's what Steemfest does to you.. it takes all your time.
Some of my none STEEM friends and @bingbabe have visited The Palazzo so it wasn't a case of ‘hope for the best', they didn't say bad things about it, actually, they were reasonably positive.
My initial thoughts were, ‘this used to be a bank’. The architecture shows it was once a place to transfer money.
Some old banks have been converted into restaurants in other towns and cities and they usually make a good job of doing so.
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It was Sunday and so the traditional ‘roast’ was available, it was always an option but I don’t feel it’s a particularly healthy one.
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We were ushered through the bar area and into what would have been the back room at the old bank.
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The décor was very tasteful with high ceilings and marble pillars.
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We were given menus and I decided to keep it simple and ordered a Pizza Funghi at £10, whereas @bingbabe ordered the Tagliatelle at £14. We also ordered a ‘Gran Piatto Mediter' as a starter to share.
This is a long wooden plate with several items including breadsticks, hummus, peppers and other things which are best described in a photograph.
I also decided to get a bowl of chips with my main course; not the brightest idea in retrospect, but I’ll come to why later.
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For drinks, a Pepsi worked for me; @bingbabe tried to order a mocktail but the waiter's English was not good enough for her to understand and she ended up with a very alcoholic ‘Rossini'. It looked nice but had a bit of a bite.
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Speaking of the waiter, he was a little strange and kept looking over at us, if anything being a little over attentive but not in a friendly way. It didn’t get my back up; I just thought he was weird.
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The food was quickly delivered, and I didn’t find myself looking at my phone in anticipation.
The ‘Gran Piatto Mediter’ was delivered and it did deliver! Very tasty and filling, but this was the problem.
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The main courses arrived and I found the pizza to be a little plain though it looked nice.
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@bingbabe had already been to ‘The Palazzo' before knew what to expect with the Tagliatelle and was suitably impressed.
The chips.. oh I wish I had not ordered them. There was nothing really wrong with these large chunks of fried potato except I don’t really like hulking lumps where one chip is an effort to eat.
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With the starter and the pizza I didn’t have an awful lot of space left so the chips got mostly left which was rather a shame.
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The tab came to £44 which I suppose isn’t too bad for a meal for two with a starter to share and drinks.
I guess I am a little particular about my restaurants and although The Palazzo isn’t a bad one, it is not somewhere I will be revisiting in the near future.
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Just before I left, I couldn't resist this snap of the Gents' toilet sign, it did make me smile.
Restaurant Information
The Palazzo
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10 Grimshaw St, Burnley BB11 2AS, UK
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