Pasta Al Forno

[dafarmer]

Just heard it closed. Great food, lousy location!

 

[JP4CY]

Such a tough, tough spot to go into.

Unless the hotel operates it or rent is almost zero, its gotta be really tough for anything to make it there.

 

[cedarstrip]

I heard it was really good, I guess I should have gone.

 

[thisISnextyear]

You have until 2/23 to

I heard it was really good, I guess I should have gone.

Based on their FB page you have until 2/23...

 

[Al_4_State]

I had to Google it. That location is just awful.

I'm maybe limiting myself, but if I see a restaurant is in a hotel, I almost immediately want nothing to do with it.

 

[nfrine]

Whenever something has the word "Forno" in the name, I am dubious...

 

[cycloneG]

The food is great but the location is terrible. Bummer.

 

[CyCrazy]

That place is a curse just like the Northern Lights area in North Ames

 

[IcSyU]

Food is good.

Pool smell from the hotel is not so good.

 

[NWICY]

Damn just saw that it was there when I drove out 13th on Saturday, guess it is off the list of places to try.

 

[JP4CY]

Lucullans, Pazzesco, it just seems like decent Italian places are doomed.

Is Geangelos doing OK? Haven't been there in ages.

 

[3TrueFans]

Went there a couple times, food was good, but the place felt old and kind of run down, on top of it being in an old hotel which feels weird.

 

[3TrueFans]

Honestly just give me a Fazoli's back.

 

[AltoonaFish]

Lucullans, Pazzesco, it just seems like decent Italian places are doomed.

Is Geangelos doing OK? Haven't been there in ages.

Every time I go to geangelos it’s seems to busy. And it’s good. Just forget about it being where it is.

 

[cyclone87]

Yea, bummer that was our go to place for Italian in the area. Might have to get takeout one more time this weekend

 

[ClonerJams]

Food is good.

Pool smell from the hotel is not so good.

This is how I feel about Ankeny Diner

 

[HFCS]

Whenever something has the word "Forno" in the name, I am dubious...

My friend’s little old lady mom in Italy made me a dish she simply called “pasta al forno” that was the best meal of my life.

It was like lasagna but the pasta layers were paper thin and like 30 layers.

I totally get what you mean by that name though in an American restaurant. I doubt they’d ever name a restaurant “baked pasta” in Italy.

 

[baller21]

I think a Dennys or IHOP style diner would fit that location a lot better.

 

[Angie]

I may be alone on this, but I went several times and never really had a good to great meal. It was great service, but mid food, terrible location, and that pool smell was just awful.

 

[mapnerd]

That really sucks - we really liked this place. They had a great gluten free pasta, which was important to us. Every meal I had there was excellent. We always got it to go so I guess the pool smell never really bothered me.