Earlier this year my husband and I were very sad to find out one of our favorite “mom and pop” places called Fazzini’s Italian Kitchen had been closed. However, I am now glad to say it has reopened and is just as tasty as it was before.

Fazzini’s sells home-made pasta very cheaply by the pound with a choice of seven sauces among other great pasta dishes, pizzas and subs. It is a very plain and simple place but the portions are BIG!

I suggest if you like mozzarella sticks you try theirs. They are large and packed full of cheese. You get 6 nice sized sticks for $5.99 and a side of sauce. They tasted homemade. I also enjoy their Italian Wedding soup ($2.99)- it is made a bit differently then most but taste wonderful.

We always seem to stick to the pound of past and added chicken. You get one cooked pound of our homemade pasta served with fresh Italian bread and butter. Your choice of linguini, fettuccine, rigatoni or cappellini pasta. One of our favorite sauces is the tomato cream ($9.99 plus $3.29 for chicken). Another one that I enjoy is the tetrazzini sauce which is a mix of the tomato cream and sherry ($9.99 plus $3.29 for chicken).

Besides the pound of pasta we like some of the following:

• Pasta Fazzini- home-made lasagna noodle stuffed with beef, sausage, onions, and cheese, then rolled and sliced into three medallions and topped with a light tomato cream sauce. Served with a side of linguini marinara ($13.99)
• Chicken Parmigiana- lightly breaded then smothered with Fazzini’s secret sauce and mozzarella cheese ($13.89)
• Chicken Giovanni- sauteed chicken topped with spinach and provolone cheese in a white wine and rosemary sauce. Served with a side of linguini marinara ($13.89)

We haven’t tried any of the pizza and subs- but they look good as they pass us by to the table next door.