| I recently went to an old time Italian restaurant called | | | | portion of calamari marinara as well as an order of |
| Matteos, located on Mineola Avenue in Roslyn Heights. | | | | baked clams. |
| It has been around for over 20 years and they do not | | | | Matteos is known for its family size portion of each |
| accept reservations, so we waited for about 45 | | | | dish. Each dish can be enough to feed 2-4 people. |
| minutes for a table. Boy was it well worth it! For those | | | | Some of the old time dishes are eggplant parmesan, |
| of you who hate waiting on line with no reservations, | | | | veal cutlet marinara, chicken parmesan and sausage |
| try calling in your dinner order to pick up ahead of time. | | | | and peppers. The quality is always good and rarely do |
| This is a great way of enjoying your meal without the | | | | we ever leave without doggy bags. There always |
| pain of waiting for a table. | | | | seems to be enough food for lunch or dinner the |
| Matteos is known for its huge portions of Italian food | | | | following day. |
| for a fair price. I went to dinner there with three of my | | | | The best dessert by consensus is the Napoleon which |
| friends. As usual, our dinner did not disappoint. We | | | | we shared between the four of us. It is definitely a |
| started off the meal with shrimp cocktails, which were | | | | great way to end the meal. Matteos is a great place |
| both large and very tasty. We shared a caeser salad | | | | to go if you are looking for a large quantity of good |
| and an Italian chopped salad for the four of us. Both | | | | food at a fair price. |
| salads were very tasty and very fresh. We split one | | | | |