IL Toscano Ristorante

 

 

Who would have guess that fantastic Italian food could be in a tiny looking restaurant near the Douglaston train station? I promise this is true. IL Toscano Ristorante is outstanding in its service, food and accommodations for the dinners.   This is not your typical American Italian restaurant.  The food is based on Northern Italian recipes.  Their menu has so much to offer even the pickiest eater can find something they enjoy.  The last evening I was there, it was to celebrate my birthday.  We started our dinner, like we do every time there, we our favorite appetizers.  The homemade fresh mozzarella (Mozzarella Fresca) and tomato is like nothing you have ever tasted before. The mozzarella is the perfect smooth yet chewy consistency.  This alone will have you coming back again and again.  Additionally, we order the mussels (Prince Edward Island Mussels).  The broth for these mussels is something out of this world.  It is a white wine broth with small, crunchy pieces of bacon in it.  The best part of IL Toscano is that you can order any entrée pasta as an appetizer, which you almost always need to.  The pasta is homemade on the premises, and needs a small parade following it while it comes out of the kitchen.  I have never gone to IL Toscano and disliked anything I have ordered.   You cannot go wrong between appetizers, salads, pasta and large entrees.  One word of advice is to safe room for dessert.  IL Toscano’s famous for their scrumptious, decadent Napoleon.  Truly if you decide to dine here you will not be disappointed from the drinks, food or service.  IL Toscano will soon become your family favorite.

 

Vocabulary

Fantastic- excellent, great

Outstanding- better than most

Pickiest- hard to please, dislikes many things

Consistency- the way something feels

Premises- in the building

Scrumptious- very well liked, tastes very good

Decadent- tastes so good it is bad (sinful)

 

Vocabulary Activity

Grammar Lesson- Adding –s to the end of a verb

Adding s to a base word – for most verbs you just add –s at the end of the verb

Examples: run/runs, shoot/shoots, skip/skips

Exception: Adding -es – you need to add an –es if the base word ends in o, ss, sh, (t)ch, zz, and x

Examples- bless/blesses, watch/watches, do/does, go/goes

 

Activity

Circle the correct choice in the line.

Sam gos / goes to the mall.

Marcia bakes / bakes cookies.

We look / lookes for birds at the beach.

He shootes / shoots the basketball.

 

Websites J

http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar/verb_forms_and_tenses04.html

http://iltoscanony.com/menus/entrees.html