As some of you know, my friend Adryon is running the Nike Women's Marathon to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. As some of you also know, I think that she is insane for doing this. Great, doing it for a good cause, but insane.
One thing I can get behind, however, is the carb loading Friday nights before her run. (She's currently running 20 miles in San Francisco as I type this). She texted me this week & said, "I need to carb load, want to go out & eat spaghetti?" Um, Italian food, YES.
So we decided to go to Evana's Italian Kitchen. It is in a strip mall with a Trader Joe's, a pet store, etc., but I've checked it out before and found the food to be delicious. Inside, it's very cute, as you can see. Quite small with very good service. Once I asked for just an eggplant appetizer (I have a lapband and can't eat a lot early in the day... I don't LOOK like I can't eat a lot, but I am aware of it). Our server kept asking me, are you sure that is enough, like a good Italian mama would do. Finally she said, "May I please put spaghetti with it?" Basically, I felt I had to say yes to ease her worries about me not having enough to eat. (I was not charged for the extra spaghetti).
Last night I had the Spinach Ravioli with Creamy Pesto Sauce and I am very afraid that this may become a craving that I will have to indulge more often. The pasta was fresh, the sauce was perfect... Delicious. Adryon had Chicken Putanesca and was also quite pleased. Adryon had water, I had water too but also Pinot Noir (Hey, I'm not getting up at 4:30 to run 20 miles tomorrow!). In fact, I'm already thinking about going back for dinner tonight. My daughter loves Italian food... we could bring my grandma... sure, I can justify this!
Anyway, if you're in the East Bay Area of California, this is a restaurant worth trying. 785 Oak Grove Road in Concord, California.
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