There's a Day for everything and March 20th is for celebrating ravioli and in St. Louis that automatically means the toasted kind. I mean seriously, if you live in the STL metro area toasted ravioli is an invited guest at almost every function, wedding, buffet and menu.
It's not entirely clear how toasted ravioli originally came about, at least 2 St Louis restaurants have the best claim-Charlie Gitto's on The Hill and Mama Campisi's on The Hill. In any event the tasty toasties are here to stay and it's too bad the rest of the country can't enjoy them.
You can buy frozen toasted raviolis in any local grocery store but if you're looking for authentic, try stopping by Mama Toscano's on The Hill some day. They are a ravioli factory, making thousands each day of every variety, not just toasted. They sell to many restaurants, but love selling walk ins a pound or two. They are fresh and soft, dusted with flour and take about 30 seconds to heat in hot water. The toasted are pillowy squares and so good. If you go out to eat a lot and order the toasted ravs you'll soon be able to distinguish the Toscano varieties because they're smaller, shaped a bit narrower and are puffed and soft.
So celebrate the ravioli St. Louis.
Don't forget Anthonino's on the Hill. They are made at the restaurant.Big, tender and tasty.They were featured on the Food network ,"Diners,Drive-Ins and Dives".Which it is none of those. Just good food. They have Italian and Greek.
We started going there early on,but now it's almost always crowded. Try it ,you'll like it.
Those other places are good too.
Posted by: Kahok | March 20, 2013 at 09:59 AM
We're going to try it Kahok, new to me but it sounds fantastic.
Posted by: Diane Meyer | March 20, 2013 at 02:54 PM
Ahhh, just had an appetizer of them before dinner Monday evening at Charlie Gitto's.
Posted by: Brad | March 21, 2013 at 09:42 AM