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Santo's Italian Restaurant

  • November 2, 2006
  • Rated 5 of 5 by vampirefan from Mt. Pleasant, North Carolina
Santo's Italian Restaurant

Since we just got married at the small Smoky Mountain Wedding Chapel, we didn’t have a place to hold a reception. The wonderful people at the wedding chapel suggested Santo’s as a nice place close by with great food and they even had a piano player. They offered to make a reservation for our party and we were all set.

When John and I arrived in our limo we were promptly greeted by a small group of employees with balloons and an enthusiastic cheer! The gesture was quite surprising and very welcomed. We were soon ushered into the lovely and charming restaurant.

The atmosphere is defiantly a little more upscale than your typical Italian restaurant. White linen tablecloths instead of a plastic checkered tablecloth, fresh bouquet of flowers, and crisply dressed waiters all added to the air of sophistication. The menu here is typical of just any Italian restaurant no matter what their level of poshness is. A variety of pasta dishes, steaks, and seafood rounded out the appetizing menu.

Our group started out with mozzarella sticks with marinara and pizza appetizers. Several of us also ordered their divine minestrone soup and fresh salads for everyone with a homemade Italian dressing that was to die for. Our family tried the lasagna, baked manicotti, T-Bone, and the rib eye. All claiming it was delish it between the "um..this is good" and the "this is heaven".

I went with the pasta pesto which blended fresh basil, spinach, olive oil, and garlic onto of a bed of vermicelli noodles. Oh my indeed. John ordered the shrimp scampi. His shrimp was sautéed in olive oil, butter, garlic, and green onions and served with a side of marina. He must have enjoyed it as he didn’t say word until he finished. The wedding chapel had already delivered our small wedding cake. When we were nearing the end of our meal our wonderful server, Kim, brought out a bottle of champagne, compliments of the restaurant. But no one in our party drinks so we thanked the owners but politely declined explained we didn’t drink anything alcoholic. So in lieu of not taking the champagne, they sent over some Tiramisu since our cake was on the small side. Let me tell you it was pure heaven on the end of the fork.


They do offer a piano player nightly after 6pm. They serve both lunch and dinner. Most entrées range from $10 to $20. Reservations are suggested during peak times and if you have a large party. Especially if you want a private room like we had. For more information try www.thesmokeymountainsparkway.com.

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