Takeout
Romeo's Restaurant and Pizza
Address: 4917 Southern Blvd. West Palm Beach, 561-471-9695
Type of food: Italian
Hours: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday-Saturday
Dining facility: Informal dining with some large tables for bigger parties
Service: Place your order at the counter for takeout. Service is prompt, courteous and efficient, so food is ready quickly.
Delivery: North to Okeechobee Boulevard, west to State Road 7, east to I-95, south to 10th Avenue.

The Dish
The chicken parmigiana sub ($6.50) is a thick, lightly breaded, moist, split breast on a large Italian roll. It's immersed in a sweet marinara sauce and blanketed by fresh mozzarella.

We also try the house cheese pizza ($10 for a 14–inch pie), which was a round, thin crust baked crisp. The pizza shares the same sweet marinara as the sandwich, and the cheese melts smoothly over the crust.

Romeo's also offers some gourmet pizzas, such as Romeo's Vegetarian made with mushrooms, onions, green peppers, black olives, spinach and broccoli ($16.50 for a 14–inch pie).

We are less impressed with the chicken Caesar salad ($7.95 for a small) than we are with our sandwich. It consists of small chunks of grilled chicken that are a bit fatty, with cucumbers, green olives and tomatoes over a bed of lettuce. While the vegetables are fresh, the tart dressing (served on the side, as requested) is more like a vinaigrette in consistency than a hearty Caesar that I would have preferred. The salad comes with garlic knots.

All food travels fairly well in foam containers.

Nancy Stein-McCarthy is a freelance writer for the Sun-Sentinel

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