*****  Centanni Italian Restaurant, 10107 Southern Boulevard, Royal Palm Becah, Florida 32411 (561) 792-7677.

Got a real good ” neighborhood red sauce Italain” joint for you…Centanni Italian Restaurant. Operative word here…NEIGHBORHOOD…like you live or work near Centanni.

Centanni’s food is very good…service is very good…prices are extremely reasonable. The menu is loaded with appetizers, soups, salads, subs, pastas, pizzas, meat/seafood/chicken entrees. Another beautiful thing about this joint is that it doesn’t have those silly dining trelises, that make you think that you are eating in a “train.” For sure, Centanni’s looks Italian but in a retro-modern way (if that’s possible)….like an upscal gelato joint. Anyway, I like the decor and the fact that tee shirts and shorts are just fine.

A recent taste test of, baked meat lasagna, steak pizzaolo, veal parmigiana, zuppa di clams and red snapper piccata…passed with flying colors. As for pricing, “same” as your favorite neighborhood pizza joint…by the way, Centanni has a “real-value” menu at lunch-time.

If you are in Centanni’s neighborhood, you now know about a real good eat-in/take-out joint. The joint is open Tuesday-Thursday 11am-10pm, Friday-Saturday 11am-11pm and Sunday 4pm-10pm.