We celebrated our anniversary dinner at Riazzi's last night. It's a tradition on many years, and we weren't disappointed. Riazzi's is a cozy, old-fashioned restaurant with comfortable padded booths, and where we sit in the bar, the lighting is dim and Italian music adds to the ambience. We started with the warm, ultra-fresh bread with butter and added the ample zucchini appetizer, non-greasy and accompanied with both tomato and ranch dips. As always, I had the shrimp scampi and my husband the scallops - delicious, and well-seasoned. They brought the usual side of freshly-grated parmesan cheese to sprinkle over our dishes. For dessert, I had a repeat of their cannoli with optional addition of caramel sauce, which I tried last time and found stayed in my memory. When we were ready to leave, our table server was especially attentive about helping pack up our leftovers, and put my remaining iced tea in a to-go cup. In all, another great dinner at our favorite restaurant.
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