Faro Italian Grille

[Happy Gourmand]

Reservations for 7PM, we didn't know that there would be an outdoor concert there that night until we arrived. We should have turned around at that point.
The noise level in the dining room is just about unbearable. We went with another couple. There was no way to carry on a conversation. The salads were good. The 2 ladies ordered chicken parm. After a while, a "manager" came out to inform us that they were out of chicken parm...we had 7PM reservations. No chicken parm but they recommended another chicken dish....WHAT?
My friend and I both ordered the Veal Scallopini, the special of the night. He ordered his with linguini, I opted for the ziti. Mine was brought to the table with wide noodles, not ziti, I mentioned it to the server but opted to just accept is as I didn't want to have the others wait while my dish was refired. My portion was at least twice as much as my friend's, I thought that to be very strange. The sauce was as bland as I ever had, there was plenty of veal but some was very overdone and some was barely cooked, curious as to how that all happened.
I do not plan to return anytime soon

[AKADQ]

Originally Posted by Happy Gourmand

Reservations for 7PM, we didn't know that there would be an outdoor concert there that night until we arrived. We should have turned around at that point.
The noise level in the dining room is just about unbearable. We went with another couple. There was no way to carry on a conversation. The salads were good. The 2 ladies ordered chicken parm. After a while, a "manager" came out to inform us that they were out of chicken parm...we had 7PM reservations. No chicken parm but they recommended another chicken dish....WHAT?
My friend and I both ordered the Veal Scallopini, the special of the night. He ordered his with linguini, I opted for the ziti. Mine was brought to the table with wide noodles, not ziti, I mentioned it to the server but opted to just accept is as I didn't want to have the others wait while my dish was refired. My portion was at least twice as much as my friend's, I thought that to be very strange. The sauce was as bland as I ever had, there was plenty of veal but some was very overdone and some was barely cooked, curious as to how that all happened.
I do not plan to return anytime soon

We drove by Faro's on our way home from work on Saturday afternoon and we saw a band playing outside. We had reservation at 7pm as well and had second thoughts about going to Faro's. We ended up going because we hadn't been to Faro's and had plans to dine with friends.
The hostess placed us in the dining room as well with the band playing just outside the front patio. I wasn't sure if it would work out but after ordering drinks and having conversation with our other couple, we forgot about the band and enjoyed our company.
I had the steak tips medium rare with salad, cooked to perfection. My wife had shrimp scampi as she was happy with her meal as well. Our dinner couple had shrimp scampi and chicken Alfredo, both happy with there meals.
Everyone loved the hot bread before our meal and my wife recommends the house specialty drink, strawberry/basil martini. I got a Long Island ice tea, it was to strong for me but I'm not complaining because I got the same drink at another popular lakes region restaurant and paid $10 for a watered down drink. It was our first visit and will go back but probably not til after bike week...

[Woodsy]

Last Saturday, 5/30, there was a memorial motorcycle ride for Tommy "Tommy Mack" McCormack... He was a well known character here in the Weirs... He used to own "Weirs the Beef".

The folks over at Faro graciously hosted the event. There was a HUGE turnout of people... 175+ motorcycles and a lot of people who weren't in the ride. Pretty much all of the local Weirs denizens were there. Hypercane & Jodie Cunningham rocked out a great afternoon. It was a great time and an awesome celebration of Tommy Mack!

Needless to say, I am not surprised they ran out of things. Sorry it became an inconvenience for some folks.

Woodsy