{"id":5606,"date":"2011-04-10T05:19:57","date_gmt":"2011-04-10T12:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=5606"},"modified":"2011-04-10T05:19:57","modified_gmt":"2011-04-10T12:19:57","slug":"duluth-mn-va-bene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=5606","title":{"rendered":"Duluth, MN &#8211; Va Bene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Minnesota Burger Reporter Kawikamedia and his Burger Posse checked out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vabenecaffe.com\/va-bene-caffe.html\"><span>Va <span>Bene<\/span><\/span><\/a> during one of Duluth&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownduluth.com\/eatdowntown\/\">Eat Downtown<\/a><span>\u00a0promotions.\u00a0\u00a0 Va <span>Bene<\/span> focuses on Italian home cooking, fresh <\/span><span>ingredients, and delicacies imported from Italy; it recently celebrated its 5<span>th<\/span> <span>annivesary<\/span>.\u00a0 In addition to dine in, take-away, they also carry a select line of Italian groceries.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5608\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5608\" style=\"width: 155px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/vabene1-png.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5608\" title=\"Va Bene Duluth\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/vabene1-png-300x199.png\" alt=\"Va Bene Duluth\" width=\"155\" height=\"104\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Va Bene Duluth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span>The special lunch promotion included a choice of Italian Sausage soup or salad, and Fettuccine <span>Carbonara<\/span>, and <span>gelato<\/span> to finish.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>His review?\u00a0 &#8220;Out of this world!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>The fettuccine is prepared wi<span>th<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pancetta\"> <span>pancetta<\/span><\/a>, peas, egg, and <span>parmesan<\/span>.\u00a0 He also took home one of their very special burgers, a 6 oz patty wi<span>th<\/span> <span>pancetta<\/span>, <span>portabellas<\/span>, onions, mozzarella and <span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gorgonzola_(cheese)\">gorgonzola<\/a><\/span> in a balsamic reduction, which just sounds fascinating, and <span>Kawikamedia<\/span> says it was to die for.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>(In <span>BurgerDogBoy&#8217;s<\/span> playbook, any burger that has <span>pancetta<\/span> and <span>gorgonzola<\/span> is going to be cause to walk over broken glass to consume; looks like a trip to Dulu<span>th<\/span> is in order!).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Va <span>Bene<\/span> is open for lunch and dinner weekdays, and including breakfast on weekends.\u00a0 They even offer meatballs and red gravy for <span>brekky<\/span>!<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5609\" style=\"width: 376px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/vabene2-png.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5609\" title=\"Va Bene, Duluth, Interior\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/vabene2-png.png\" alt=\"Va Bene, Duluth, Interior\" width=\"376\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Va Bene, Duluth, Interior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5610\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5610\" style=\"width: 349px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/vabene4-png.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5610\" title=\"Va Bene Fettucini Carbonara\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/vabene4-png.png\" alt=\"Va Bene Fettucini Carbonara\" width=\"349\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Va Bene Fettucini Carbonara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5611\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5611\" style=\"width: 358px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/vabene5-png.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5611\" title=\"Va Bene Burger\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/vabene5-png.png\" alt=\"Va Bene Burger\" width=\"358\" height=\"329\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Va Bene Burger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanspoon.com\/r\/129\/901312\/restaurant\/Va-Bene-Duluth\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; width: 200px; height: 146px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urbanspoon.com\/b\/link\/901312\/biglink.gif\" alt=\"Va Bene on Urbanspoon\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota Burger Reporter Kawikamedia and his Burger Posse checked out Va Bene during one of Duluth&#8217;s Eat Downtown\u00a0promotions.\u00a0\u00a0 Va Bene focuses on Italian home cooking, fresh ingredients, and delicacies imported from Italy; it recently celebrated its 5th annivesary.\u00a0 In addition to dine in, take-away, they also carry a select line of Italian groceries. 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