Must eat here: Monticello's Bistro Cafe

My friend Mara took me to one of her favorite Italian eateries in South Amboy for a little New Year's Eve girl's day. Luckily, she had tried almost everything on the menu to know what to recommend, but there were so many good options it was hard to decide. But first, a little more about Monticello's...

You might think that an Italian restaurant would scream pasta and pizza, but this place had a metropolitan flare to it. Yellow walls and hanging pendant lights were accents for the bistro tables throughout the small but comfortable setting. Along the right wall was a counter full of pastries and homemade gelato!

The menu had some of your classic Italian favorites: Chicken or Veal Parm, Pasta and Pizza. However, the pizzas were more gourmet letting you choose from a shrimp topping to an all veggie palate. There was a full page of panini sandwiches to choose from along with mouth watering salads like a fried calamari, Cesar, or a poached pear and gorgonzola (which I had).

During pregnancy you need to stay away from soft cheeses like gorgonzola, but that's ok...I don't care for it anyway. But the rest of the salad was spectacular. It came with prosciutto, a red wine poached pear on top of mesclun greens and a fig vinaigrette. Mara had a half order of Veal Parm since she wanted to eat light. For drinks, we each had some Sanpellegrino Aranciata . So refreshing! And to top off our lunch feast, we each had our own cone of gelato. I had a Ferrero Rocher flavor and Mara had the Baci. And with all of this food, our bill only came out to about $15 each! What a deal!

Monticello's is sure to become (if it hasn't already) a local gem. If you are in the area or visiting some friends or family near South Amboy, take the trip over. If you're not a gelato person, you can walk across the way to a Baskin Robbins/Dunkin Donuts.

Monticello's Bistro Cafe, 131 N Broadway, South Amboy, 732-721-0055

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