Comfort food

sometimes you just need comfort food. The dilemma is not feeling guilty afterward. We went to Leo's Grandevous on Grand Ave in Hoboken. This restaurant is an old favorite, although we don't go there all that much. It has a very traditional menu, veal parm, chicken murphy, all that great home style Italian food. When we went there tonight, it was really busy - so busy that we didn't get a seat, we sat at the bar instead. The hostess was prompt in offering us a spot other than in the restaurant area and said we could wait there and have a drink or just eat there. It was quieter than the dining room, so we stayed at the bar. I ordered eggplant parm and received a side of pasta with it. Leo has the best marinara sauce ever. Not too sweet, not too runny, not too thick. The eggplant was cooked to perfection, maybe a little more mozzarella than I would have wanted, but overall it was a fine meal. The restaurant is currently under renovation, so if that's going to annoy you, you probably want to avoid it for a little while until the repairs are complete. There's not too much I can say about the decor - it's more like my grandmother's house than the hip bar downtown. But sometimes a casual, low key place is what I'm looking for. You should check this one out.

*k*