"Voted Baltimore's Best Restaurant To Dine with Children" -Baltimore magazine
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"The families of this ever-growing community have a new home for good Italian fare that can be enjoyed on a regular basis with or without the kids, served in a smartly decorated dining room filled with friendly staff. Italian Garden has a ... simple formula for making people happy; serve good tasting, hot food at a fair price and lots of it. The spaghetti and meatballs stands up to the test of the Italian fare moniker. For $8.95, you get a big bowl of pasta with a sauce that is rich, with just enough sweetness to take away any of the acidic edge of the slowly cooked tomato sauce. The three meatballs are too much for this person to eat at one sitting, but in a larger family setting, I'm sure someone would still have room for the "whole" meal. Instead, I had enough to take home for a nice lunch the next day. The meatballs are flavorful and suprizingly tender considering their size. If you're a sub person, you can count on the meatball parmigiana being a satisfactory sandwich. The bologuese, with meat and mushrooms cooked into the tomato sauce, is a personal favorite. Those on a lighter diet will appreciate the straightforward flavors of the capellini d'lite, made with virgin olive oil, mushrooms, garlic, broccoli and fresh tomatoes. The rest of the menu includes chicken done appropriately with any number of sauces and styles. One of the obvious favorite entrees is the shrimp scampi, which are sauteed quickly in butter and garlic and served over a generous portion of ziti. Pizzas are another specialty, and, just because it says, small, don't think you're getting anything less than a 14-inch pizza. The thin-crusted pie is a winner; crunchy and delicious. The white pizza has plenty of fresh garlic and the Italian spices and a topping of green peppers, onions and mushrooms. The pizza is a perfect appetizer for a large party of six or more and dinner for a couple of teenagers (who can probably finish the extra meatball on your plate)."
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