Tanino's Italian & Amer Restaurant

Great Italian food.
Stopped by the other day with my wife and got some calzones to take home.
Definitely the best calzone I've ever had.
My wife has been coming here for so long and is always willing to make the 45min trip to come out here and get some great food.

This is great little place with a casual atmosphere, rustic decor, entry into the bar with the dining area in back.
Very cozy feeling.
Lighting that you can actually SEE the menu, but not so bright that it causes discomfort.
The booths are painfully small.
We had five in our group and had to use two booths in a private cubby.
One had three and one had two.
The table with three people barely had enough room for their food.
Not that this is a problem, but they are more suited for a couple.
Our fault though for not making reservations.
I would always think of it at like 10 or 11 and call, then remember they don't open until noon - and by then I would forget.
So I definitely recommend making reservations, and if you have anyone with a little weight on them, or well endowed, specify a table, not a booth.
The booth tables are anchored to the wall so you can't put a small person one side and a larger person on the other and adjust the placement of the table to make both people comfortable.
We dealt with it.
We now know for the future. Our server was fantastic.
She took great care of us.
Even though we forgot to ask for separate checks at the start, and I told her not to worry about it as it was our fault, she did it anyway.
She was so friendly, cheerful, and genuine.
She was there when we needed her, and scarce when we were just eating and talking.
She is a dream server. The food.
I had mozzarella sticks to start and my table mate had the garlic bites.
There are SO many bites I think she only ate a quarter of them so she had room for her calzone.
The mozzarella sticks are breaded and very cheesy with a tasty marinara - and you get EIGHT.
Two people ordered pizzas and three of us ordered calzones.
The calzones start with cheese and then you add your choice of up to three pizza toppings for just $11.
Each additional topping is only $1.
I did sausage, pepperoni, mushroom, and black olive.
They hands down have the best calzone I have ever had in my life.
The crust is SO thin you get the flavor of it without overpowering the stuffing.
And they are stuffed.
The herbs and spices along with the garlic oil and perfect amount of cheesiness is so delicious it cannot be described.
The flavor combination was so perfect that I didn't dip it in the sauce because I felt that would actually ruin the taste of the overall calzone.
I took 1/2 the mozz sticks and more than 1/2 the calzone home.
I can't wait to get home and have leftovers! I cannot even imagine trying a calzone anywhere else now as I feel it would be a major disappointment.
I can see stopping after work and taking one to go once a month.
Yea.
I believe it's THAT good. The menu is much larger than the one photo on Google.
I should have taken pics of each side but I was focused on ordering.

Very good tasting pizza and the cheese garlic bread was awesome.
Really enjoyed coming here!