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    Avanti's Italian Restaurant

    3.2 (180 reviews)
    InexpensiveItalian, Pizza, Sandwiches
    Closed 10:30 am - 9:00 pm

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    AVANTI'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Large sausage pizza minus the 2 little pieces that I couldn't wait to eat!
    Marie N.

    I ate at Avanti's many, many times from 1977 - 1980 when I attended ISU. I am staying in Normal this weekend as my husband attends a conference. I was anxious to see if the food was as delicious as I remembered it. I am rating the food as 3-stars. The sausage pizza and garlic bread were adequate. I personally, would categorize them as flavorless but they will appeal to those who do not want a strong sausage flavor or a strong garlic flavor. Service was good. The food was ready when promised.

    A bag of dole lettuce at $10 instead of $2 at jewel.
    AM R.

    Do NOT order the "salad". Pizza ok. Super midwestern. Not Chicago. And yeah. Thanks a lot

    S. F.

    Simple and good. Staff was nice and accommodating... If I'm ever back in the area, I'll be stopping by.

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    We have always enjoyed Avantis, twenty years ago and today. You get great food.Awesome service. You just can't get any better combination.

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    10 years ago

    Who cannot love the gondola's? Every current or former ISU student falls in love with Avanti's and that is a comfort food for life!

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    The bread is the only good thing. I make better non watery pasta at home. Quality is not good! Cheap though.

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    11 years ago

    Avanti's is a Bloomington Normal classic. The food is pretty good but I would avoid ordering online. They lost our order.

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    16 years ago

    not impressed ! - drove down for work related training coworker had to get food here.... wont come back

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    I called back, said "where's the Gondola?" Even though it wasn't on the receipt, they just sent it.

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    Rosatis Bloomington

    Rosatis Bloomington

    2.8
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    Review Visit: June 2nd, 2013…read more Three people. Zero likes. Matt, Erin, and I decided to check out Rosati's Pizza one day while exploring Bloomington/Normal. In theory, all three of us love pizza and the three of us are not food snobs. We arrived at Rosati's on a sunny afternoon with empty bellies and an unhealthy desire to put down some pizza. The place was fairly empty. We must've just missed a lunch rush. What luck! We were seated at a table and given menus. It took us some time to adjust to the menu offerings and how to split an 8-slice pizza between three people. After much deliberation, we ended up with the pizza you see below. I don't remember how we arranged the toppings. I think one side was meat lovers and the other a cheese lovers? We made small talk while we waited for our food to come out. The smell drifting out from the kitchen was heavenly. This gave us all a sparkle in our eye and some drool in the corner of our mouth. The waitress brought our pizza out and it looked and smelled fantastic. We each grabbed a piece, put it on our plate, thanked the pizza gods, and dug in. I didn't need to take more than a few bites to know we were doomed with a bad pizza. There really is no other words to say besides it wasn't good. At all. I 'm normally not harsh but Rosati's is the worst pizza I've ever had... and I used to eat Jack's pizzas by choice. (Nothing against Jack's, I just find them not filling and a waste of money when you can buy better frozen pizzas for the same price.) It was a struggle to wolf down the pizza and act like it wasn't bad. Not that I had to pretend it was delicious in front of my friend and girlfriend but I didn't want to ruin the magic of the shared misery until after we were done eating and were far away from this place. I had brought up Rosati's to another group of friends recently and they all had the exact same reaction as we had. I am usually up for second chances but I will have to decline to give Rosati's another chance. If you are a fan of Rosati's, that's great! It has to be a pretty popular place as they have quite a few locations throughout Illinois. I just know its not for me.

    Yes, I absolutely love their pizza. I have not tried their other food offers, but I absolutely love…read moretheir sausage pizza thin

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    Jet's Pizza

    Jet's Pizza

    3.9
    (15 reviews)
    2.9 mi

    Mostly positive, yet mixed results from our first foray to Jets the other day. On the plus side my…read morephone-in order experience was great in that upon identifying we were trying them for the first time, they overviewed the options and graciously applied a coupon that knocked like $6-7 off! Then the pizza came out faster than I thought it would, making my pickup timing perfect. The pizza itself was fantastically airy and light inside - not unlike a really well-made focaccia bread - and those cheesie-crisped crust corners are pure money! Having heard that these corners were the bomb, I requested the 2 half-pie / 8-corner pizza, on the downside though, the pizza we received only had four. Perhaps the coupon applied changed things, but we were a bit disappointed as it absolutely was the best part. We rationalized this based on the out-the-door cost of $17 making it OK, but I'll be more specific next time. All in all Jets was a pleasant surprise and certainly worth trying.

    Tried ordering twice from this place. The first time we went to pick up at the time we were told it…read morewould be ready, but they were so short staffed that they hadn't even put the pizza in the oven. Tonight, we were told it would be delivered at 7:36 pm but it was more than 30 minutes late. The guy who answered the phone when we called to inquire about why said the store is struggling with delivery times, and that "I came down from Michigan to help fix it." I wouldn't recommend this place if you want pizza within a predictable time frame.

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