Little Italy of Tellico LLC

Little Italy of Tellico recently opened in Loudon Tennessee.  It was previously called Classico Italian Restaurant and it was located at a different address a few blocks away from the new location.  Little Italy is owned and operated by the folks that ran Classico.  The old location (same owner) is now called Mama’s Grits and it just serves breakfast and lunch…

So…one restaurant has now morphed into 2 restaurants… Little Italy has retained the same chef who was at Classico Italian and the new restaurant’s location occupies a bigger space so they can handle larger parties.  The menu 

Little Italy is located in a small strip shopping center that is about a half mile from the center of Tellico Village just off TN Hwy. 444.  This center has been fairly quiet for the last couple of years and the restaurant should boost traffic considerably. 

The center is also home to the Tellico Community Players theatre, (https://www.tellicocommunityplayhouse.org/), and a large home furnishings store named Premier Consignments. (http://www.premiereconsignment.com/)

We almost always eat an early dinner.  The dining area is spacious and seating is never an issue for us!  We ate here twice in the last week or so and business always picked up before we were done.  In addition, the large back room (not pictured) was hosting a group event on one visit.

Both of our dining experiences at Little Italy involved choices from the long list of ‘Entrees’ or from the portion of the menu entitled ‘Pasta Specialties’.  In either case, our meals came with salad or soup and bread.  So far we’ve gone with the side dinner salad…nothing special but with fresh ingredients and decent salad dressing.

On our first visit, I ordered the Chicken Romano. ($16.95) It consists of Romano and Asiago encrusted chicken breasts with Alfredo sauce on a bed of linguine.  I was a very happy and satisfied diner!

FYI… We recently ordered a large thin crust Pepperoni and Italian Sausage Pizza for pick up at Little Italy. ($19.95) It was one of the 2 – 3 best pizzas that we’ve had here in East Tennessee.

On that first occasion, Laurie opted for the Veal Marsala. ($17.95) Her veal was sautéed with mushrooms, garlic and Marsala butter sauce on a bed of linguine.  Veal and mushrooms…plus garlic and butter sauce…a definite winner in Laurie’s book!

For our second visit, we thought about one of the 15 appetizers but decided that it would be just too much food with our entrees.  One of these days…perhaps when dining with another couple…we’ll try an appetizer.

In any case, this time Laurie decided to order the Fettuccine Carbonara. ($14.95) We knew that the Alfredo sauce was tasty so there was little chance that she’d be disappointed with the addition of smoked ham and bacon to her linguine…  It was very good indeed!  The portion was large enough that Laurie brought some home.  Thanks for the lunch honey!

I was going to go for the Spaghetti Marinara with Sausage or Meatballs ($11.95) just to try something other than the Alfredo sauce.  But then I spotted the Sausage Alfredo Skillet. ($14.95) This entrée is served in a hot iron skillet with grape tomatoes, thick slices of Italian sausage, with Cajun seasoning in Alfredo sauce with a grated Parmesan cheese topping.  Good choice!  I would order this again without hesitation…

We like this restaurant!  FYI, they have applied for a liquor license which will boost business even more… Little Italy of Tellico LLC is located at 316 Lakeside Plaza in Loudon Tennessee.  Phone: 865-657-6224.  For an article written on the background for this Little Italy of Tellico, just go to http://www.tellicovillageconnection.com/news/article_5e7a95a1-7f2d-5c32-af3f-621e795269bd.html.  They are open for lunch and dinner.

Just click on any of the photos to enlarge them…

Thanks for stopping by for a visit!

Take Care, Big Daddy Dave