Giuseppe Gentile - Schoenaich

For year and day, italophile gourmets from all over Stuttgart have been pilgering into the provincial Schönaich. Here's the name program. A good 25 years ago, Giuseppe Gentile from Sicily (yes, he is really hot!) opened a fine food shop with all kinds of delicacies that the German knew almost only from the holiday: Salsiccia, Limoncello, Tartuffo... We also usually bought here once in the quarter and each time we were looking forward to the offer. But it has long been clear that a spatial and content expansion is in the room. Now both the huge Gentile Gusto supermarket and a connected Ristorante have reopened – with the vocabulary “connected” appearing completely inappropriate, so magnificent, almost a bit protzig the local comes. Gentile remains true to the not very pretty Schönaicher industrial area, but is drawn to the outermost corner towards Steinenbronn. The large purpose building does not seem very inviting, but is equipped with all refinings from the inside. Wonderfully, the restaurant has also opened on Mondays, so that after a first stroll over the truly huge supermarket we stay here for lunch. The regular menu is unfortunately only valid in the evening, but impresses with extraordinary creations: such as the home salad Gentile with fennel, black cabbage, blood oranges, almonds and pecorino or Ravioli with duck lobe, buffaloricotta, honey oranges and thyme. If you want to celebrate a whole menu, you should take the big wallet and maybe book the shuttle service offered home. At noon is the small weekly ticket. Half a dozen dishes are offered (including Caprese, Risotto with pumpkin and Gorgonzola, Saltimbocca, Kalbskutteln). We choose Spaghetti Carbonara (15,00 Euro and the Pizza Special (14,00 Euro). What sounds a lot more profane, however, turns out to be a Gaumenschmeichler speciality. The spaghetti are prepared with pecorino, eggs and pastries and, fortunately, stand out clearly from the variations with cream that are otherwise in German locals. Big the portion is not, is a classic Primo Piatto. The fact that a guest in the neighboring table complains loudly the ingenious amount drives us foreign shame divisions into the eyes. However, the pasta is quite arg al dente – two minutes more would have done her well. For this, the pizza is really powerful and tasty: with fluffy soil, fresh rocket, plentiful Mozzarella Fior di Latte, sweet cherry tomatoes, olive cream and Grana Padano. A hearty, but a bit too salty mixture. In addition to the 0.75-litre bottle San Pellegrino (6.00 euros), we almost needed a second. As a surprise, the white Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio (6.50 euros for 0.2 liters from Campania). The “Tränen of Christ” are characterized by mineral, very dry undertones – almost one believes to taste the volcanic rock of Vesuvius. You really have to drink very cold. And stop: a fresh, crisp salad is served for every day meal – the leaf salads convince by bitter notes and a sparingly used vinaigrette made of fine olive oil and balscamicoessig. Bread and olive oil are of course on every table. The service is absolutely top-class: retaining, sovereign, formal, reliable. On request, it is also Italian with native speakers. The interior sets brown and gold tones into various materials, in stone, textiles, leather, lamellae, wallpaper, lamps. For our taste a bit too bounty and pompous. Very pleasant, however, the table runners, bread bags and cutlery cases (art leather). The hallway to the toilets is confusing with estimated 6 different doors. Here it can happen that you shake at the personal dress or an older lady fails at the tricky handle on the ladies' toilets. Although we arrive before 12 a.m., the place is already well occupied. Generös, however, is shown to us a generous foursome table with peripheral corner benches. Half an hour later, almost all tables are occupied. A reservation therefore seems recommended.