Editor Pick
Spaghetti Warehouse
If you love Italian food (well, American-style Italian food), then the Spaghetti Warehouse is for you. The restaurant is located on the city's north side in an area once dominated by factories and warehouses. However, recent development projects have begun turning the old factories into loft apartments and stores.
Parking at the restaurant is usually pretty simple. They have a lot right next to the restaurant, which is down a small hill. On street level is another small lot. If both are filled, parking on the street is easy and free.
Like all Spaghetti Warehouses, the restaurant is decorated with old tobacco ads, signs, and anything else antique. One room of the restaurant has a trolley car that has several tables inside. Also, there are many tables places within bed frames, so you get the feeling you're eating in bed (although sitting down and not on a mattress). Aside from the sit-down restaurant, there is a bar, coat room, and small arcade.
The food is generally good and inexpensive. Portions are decent. In addition, free bread with garlic butter is available. If you're like my friends and me, you'll compete every time you visit the restaurant to see if you can beat your previous bread loaf total. Let me know if you beat the record bread amount of 31 loaves. That was done with 7 people a few years back. I don't think the waiters were happy, but it was free and we were allowed to have as much complimentary bread as we wanted. I've tried many of the dishes on the menu and cannot complain about any of them.
There is also a dessert menu, and if you go for someone's birthday the waitstaff will sing Happy Birthday and bring out a complimentary cake.
I believe it is possible to make reservations. Make them if you can. The restaurant is very busy on Fridays and Saturdays.
From journal Syracuse, NY Travel Info