Savios Italian Restaurant and Bar Wins Fifth Consecutive Talk of the Town Award
Summary
Offering northern and southern Italian cuisine, Savio’s has a wide and inspired menu featuring freshly made pasta, seafood, bread with Savio’s herbed olive oil, weekly gourmet specials and homemade desserts.Among the restaurant’s specialties are Linguini Agnello, a dish featuring spicy lamb strips marinated in garlic, balsamic vinegar, pesto and tomato; Tortellini Giafranco, a Norwegian salmon poached with white wine and fresh spinach served on a bed of cappellini in a saffron vodka sauce; Bistecca Griglia Cosa Nostra, a grilled New York strip steak with baby shrimp, rosemary and gorgonzola cheese; and Piccata Marsala, which features veal medallions with mushrooms in a marsala wine sauce.Offering northern and southern Italian cuisine, Savio’s has a wide and inspired menu featuring freshly made pasta, seafood, bread with Savio’s herbed olive oil, weekly gourmet specials and homemade desserts.Everything is made right in the restaurant’s own kitchen, including the fresh pasta made on site daily.Among the restaurant’s specialties are Linguini Agnello, a dish featuring spicy lamb strips marinated in garlic, balsamic vinegar, pesto and tomato; Tortellini Giafranco, a Norwegian salmon poached with white wine and fresh spinach served on a bed of cappellini in a saffron vodka sauce; Bistecca Griglia Cosa Nostra, a grilled New York strip steak with baby shrimp, rosemary and gorgonzola cheese; and Piccata Marsala, which features veal medallions with mushrooms in a marsala wine sauce.Savio’s has been a neighborhood favorite for 25 years and offers casual, friendly dining with superb food and excellent service.The team is truly invested in the community and its regular customers.In addition to winning five straight Talk of the Town Awards, Savio’s has also been voted Best Bargain for three years by Washingtonian magazine.Savio’s Italian Restaurant is located at 516 South Van Dorn Street in Alexandria and is open seven days a week: Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m.-11 p.m. and 11 a.m.-9 p.m. on Sunday.