I’ve driven by Frankie’s Italian Restaurant, 2724 W. Britton Rd., quite a few times, usually cracking a joke or two about the total lack of business out front, believing they were just another darkly-lit building abandoned along Britton.
As I learned the other day, however, Frankie’s Italian Restaurant is very much open. Sure, I still peeked in through the window to double-check that they were up and around, as the parking lot was empty, but as we went in, the informative waitress told me that not only are they alive, but that Frankie’s is a family business that seemed to have most of the crew working today.
My significant other and I were escorted to a pleasant-enough table, the insides completely betraying what the outside was presenting to us. As a courtroom show played on the TV in the corner, I noticed how clean the whole place seemed, with even a guy by the soda machine cleaning each glass by hand. I hope it wasn’t a punishment.