Tonight I chose to go to another neighborhood type restaurant-- Anthony’s Pizza & Italian restaurant in Malvern. Anthony’s is on King Street in the middle of the cozy town of Malvern. Don’t let the name fool you though because this restaurant is definitely more of a restaurant than a “pizza joint”. Anthony’s is always busy and does a remarkable takeout business. They are also a byob place and you will see numerous people taking advantage of this when dining.
Since it was a cold evening, I started off with a cup of homemade Chicken Pastina soup ($3.75). This alleged cup was really a small bowl and was very nicely sized for the money. The flavor of this soup was delicious and I remarked to my dining companions that if I am ever sick and there is no homemade soup in the house that this soup would suffice as proper medication! It’s certainly not a chicken matzah ball soup, but the pastina noodle was delectable in this broth with an ample amount of vegetables and chicken as well.
After my soup, I had a chicken cheese steak with broccoli and fried onions($7.00). This sandwich could easily be split into 2 servings because it is served on a 12 inch roll and there was plenty of chicken on the entire roll. Now this “Fat Foodie” understands that some may not like any green vegetable coming anywhere near a “cheese steak”, but this is truly a good sandwich at Anthony’s. There is an ample amount of cheese throughout the steak which makes the sandwich very tasty. This is truly one of the only places that I would actually order a chicken cheese steak from because I know that they do a good job with this sandwich.
One of my dining companions ordered the Spaghetti with meat sauce, but actually was served Spaghetti with meat balls ($10.50) instead—she chose not to say anything and when I tasted this dish, I concurred that the pasta was cooked well and the meatballs were good. This dish was served with a nice house salad first along with some good Italian bread. The pasta as I said was good, but not overly memorable.
My other dining companion ordered the same soup that I had and then ordered a cheese steak ($6.25). This cheese steak was a bit bland when I tasted it because she ordered a more dry cheese (provolone) and had no fried onions on it either. This steak was not particularly to my liking, but again this is probably not the restaurant’s fault on this one!
Anthony’s as aforementioned does a great takeout business and continues to be a staple in the “downtown” Malvern business district. They put out a good product at a reasonable price. Tonight’s bill was $36 before tax and tip.
3.5 Brownies
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