While on a recent business trip and making my way down I-­95, my colleague and I decided it was time to stop for dinner before it got too late . Now, gnocchi was not on my mind or my main goal, but finding a place off the highway that wasn’t a chain restaurant was. Thanks to a little help from google maps and Yelp*, we randomly pick Café Mezzanotte in Wilmington, Delaware.

I was pleasantly surprised to find potato gnocchi on the menu and of course, like any good journeyman on a mission, I ordered it. It was your authentic, basic potato gnocchi served in a tomato sauce, topped with mozzarella and
parmigiano cheese, then baked to perfection.

While I can tell you that the gnocchi was SPOT ON, the sauce was not. Although the gnocchi had all the makings of the stuff I grew up on, I was disappointed by a thick tangy taste when the sauce hit my tongue.

The restaurant was nice, in a business district that I bet is very crowded for lunch. There was a small dinner crowd on this night.

My rating: gnocchi – The Bomb!, tomato sauce – it bombed!

I have sauce expectations when I eat any pasta, this gnocchi dish was no different.

Cafe Mezzanotte website:  cafemezzanotte.net

Address: at the corner of Tatnall & 11th, Wilmington DE