Too Stuffed to Create Witty Title

Tonight, I went with my neighbor to Augie's in Ballston Spa. She often goes with her family and raves about it every time after. This establishment's hook is "every dish serves 2 or more".

Being a total Saratoga snob, I was expecting kind of a dump. I was quite impressed to walk into a cute place with a marble bar, and a cute guy at the bar. Interior was cozy and obviously going for an Italian motif, but instead of predictable wall hangings like "bottle of wine next to grapes" and "artistic map of Italy", the walls were covered with baseball newspaper articles in nice glass frames.

This place also earns points for their nightly specials. Two nights a week, you get unlimited free beer and wine. That's right. Beer and wine. For free when the table orders an entree for every two people. Sadly, tonight was "free salad and garlic bread" night, but still an amazing deal. Our bill came to just under $30, we ate till we were stuffed and walked out with 3 doggie bags.

Huge portions is an understatement. It's designed that way, but saying the giant bowl of pasta that was delivered to our table is meant to serve 2 people? More like 2 people for 2 days. I saw the people next to us order the chicken parm, and it was totally in a huge casserole dish that would serve a family of 4-5.

I should also mention that the food was very delicious. We decided on penne alfredo with chicken & broccoli. I am not actually a huge alfredo fan- I feel like it's either too heavy or too bland. This sauce was a perfect balance (which is good because I have at least 2 more servings in my fridge). There were other things on the menu that I would have preferred, but my companion is not an adventurous eater. She promised that next time I could pick the main meal. She also said that she'd drive and we could go on free booze night!!!