Mondo in Middletown is a popular pizza, pasta, panini, beer and wine bar.
It’s divided into two halves: an energetic bar area
and a comfortable dining area
where friends and family will like to congregate.
The kitchen operation is open to view.
Check out the food
and drink menus.
Foxon Park sodas are the best pizza accompaniment
except for beer.
The soup special is split pea,
and it proves to be delicious (half serving pictured).
So are the bruschetta with meatballs.
We enjoy the simplicity of a beet salad with arugula and goat cheese toasts,
before moving onto more substantial fare like the signature panino,
with great fried eggplant and marinara
and pasta Bolognese
and white clam
and prosciutto and egg pizza.
We reload on beer
and then enjoy fried dough balls rolled in cinnamon and sugar for dessert.
Mondo is a small but delicious slice of the world.
Mondo, 10 Main Street, Middletown, 860-343-3300, www.mondomiddletown.com