8-19-09 Italian Food in Arkieland

One thing I have noticed about living in Arkansas: the Arkansans treat the STATE like a city. If you talk to people who live in Little Rock, they'll tell you where to eat when you're headed to the other side of the state. I guess Ohioans do that to some degree too, but I don't know that restaurants' reputations extend three hours away. Tontitown was settled by Italians in the late 1800s. Since I had to travel to the region for work, I thought a visit to the legendary Tontitown restaurants was merited. I dined tonight at the Venesian Inn (no it isn't a typo...). I dined on homemade spaghetti with meat sauce and meatballs.