pane e vino pizzeria

i think i've been spoiled. i cannot bring myself to order domino's ever again....as long as pizza thisgoodcan be delivered to my house it is worth the extra cost....but then again you pay for what you get. i've not had any problems with the delivery and it usually arrives before the time they give me. **** i highly recommend this restaurant!

may 17, 2012 tags: huntsville by colleen so, i wound up on a three month work assignment in huntsville, alabama. when i first found out, i was about as excited as i was when i went to oklahoma . because matt is always up for an adventure (and he’s done with school for awhile), he came along with me this week. huntsville is home to a large us army base and a nasa research center, so it’s actually not the sleepy southern town i first assumed it was. it’s got its fair share of chain restaurants, but there are some gems as well. i posted to a serious eats message board to see if i could get any restaurant recommendations for matt’s week here. someone responded and recommended 1892 east , noting that they have a great vegetarian menu. i thought this would be agoodbreak from all the barbeque i’ve been eating! we started with the chick pea “fries” . i expected them to have a gritty texture, but they were surprisingly light and creamy inside. they were served with regular ketchup and an anch

had probably the worst restaurant experience i've ever had here. i was looking forward to eating here because i'd heard so manygoodthings. the service was horrible. waited a really long time for our food, and then when it finally came out, they had forgotten to bring my husband's food. my husband finally had to leave after an hour to go back to work without eating anything. we asked for a highchair but they didn't have one available.. our server said that as soon as another table left they would bring the highchair to us. instead they gave it to someone else that came in. the food was not great. i could go on and on.. every single thing about the whole experience was awful.

best pizza in town. crust is perfect. experience is better withgoodcompany. they also have local beers on tap. you can sit outside or inside.

i ordered the “jackson pollock” – chicken, tomatoes, pesto, mozzarella, romano, and red onion. ($12)
oh. my. word. it was delicious in the restaurant and leftovers were just asgoodthe next day for lunch.
my boys ordered the “salvador dali” – mozzarella, pepperoni, sausage, meatball, bacon, and salami. ($13)
we have a new favorite pizza place!

best patio view in the area!.goodfood +goodservice + a nice patio = a great evening!

good, super loud, cramped quarters inside. as a local huntsvillian, i'm so thrilled at the increase in upscale dining in my home town, as evidenced by chef james boyce's arrival on the scene with first, cotton row; then commerce kitchen; then james steaks; and now pane e vino. boyce is definitely elevating the huntsville dining experience! i've eaten at all of his restaurants (at least twice) except james steaks. the location of pane e vino has been several different short-lived restaurants over the years, and i enjoy p e v the best! i've been at least 4 times and here are the pros: fresh-tasting food, reasonable prices, filling appetizers,goodvino, welcoming patio (if you choose to eat outside), entertainment on the patio, located *in* the art museum, (so very convenient for a visit to the museum), and located *on* big spring park, (complete with ducks and the historic big spring). cons: very noisy (bare concrete floors) [in dire need of some noise dampening ceiling apparatus or something], single stalled rest rooms (best one liner in a restaurant when i commented aloud that the bathroom wait was long and that they must have only one stall: a young boy behind me, waiting in line for the men's room responded, "yes, it's 1 stall, and it's my grandma in there, and she takes forever", ha ha ha), spotty service (sometimes super-attentive, sometimes you feel forgotten), no direct connection to the art museum (they've blocked off the elevator that would take you directly upstairs to the museum, but it's only a short walk to the front of the museum), very cramped interior (i really wish they would remove 2 of the 4-tops for more room and to benefit the wait staff, too!). ive tried the caprese, which was authentic, with buffalo mozzarella and delicious balsamic and the antipasti platter. i think my mom had a calzone, which she enjoyed, and dear hubs had a pizza. friends have recommended the eggplant genovese panini and commented that it was big enough to share (and only $8.00!), so you have more $ for vino! give it a try, it's quite the hangout for 20-somethings (and up) on the weekends, which is nice to see, as our downtown has not always been as vibrant as it is becoming. "piacere!!"

beautiful patio. ordered the mushroom ravioli with sam adams alpine beer and it was delicious. the cheese sauce was reallygoodwith the ravioli. $15 was the price which is great if you eat in the patio.

pane e vino. ate there while visiting from maryland. best greek salad i ever had. beer brewed in huntsville was verygoodand the pizza was great!

good pizza we love the location right in the middle of downtown. we go a couple times a month but go for the pizza not the service. never hadgoodservice and don't go if your in a hurry like before a play or concert. terriable service but we put up with it for the pizza get the picasso

yummy food need new help!. as a rule i don't comment on a forum like this until i've been at least twice. i've been to pane twice and at the risk of sounding like repeat of the other comments the food is great but wow the employees just don't care. coming from a family who owned a restaurant for 35+ years and relied on the younger crowd and smaller per ticket than chef boyce's other 3 restaurants, i knowgoodhelp can be hard to find, but these guys are running your customers off.

the first time i was in was for lunch and my husband and i each ordered a pizza because i have an issue with gluten (or it has an issue with me). simple enough, but it took us 15 minutes to place the order and another 30 minutes to get it. the restaurant was not busy, only one other table of 2 in there and they already had their food. the servers and kitchen staff were all hanging out in the open kitchen joking around and being generally unproductive. when the food did arrive it was good, the gluten free crust was much better than the other 2 available in town and it was crisp! yay!! my husband said his pizza wasgoodas well, he prefers a thicker crust, but said it had agoodflavor and the toppings were generous and tasty. the unique combination of toppings is one of the allures of the restaurant, i loved my mona lisa! when i complimented the server on the gluten free crust i was told that they would also do a calzone with the crust, i may have squeeed.

the temptation of the gluten free calzone brought me back a for a second visit 2 weeks later, this time with a pasta loving friend of mine. this time on our arrival we were seated and our drink order was taken immediately but we then relocated to the counter in front of the open kitchen for the entertainment factor and the warmth, the air conditioning works well in there on a hot day! (not a bad thing) i ordered my much anticipated calzone and my friend ordered her baked ravioli and we proceeded to chat and watch the goings on of the kitchen (aka the entertainment). i recognized several of the front of house staff from my previous visit and now watched them joke and flirt with the kitchen staff and hang out in the office while one lone member of the kitchen staff prepared lunch for my friend and i, a party of 8, a party of 4 and a party of 2. he finally said something to one of his co-workers who joined him his endeavor to get people fed. when our food arrived it was as expected, very good. my calzone had a nice crisp shell with a yummy gooey creamy cheesy middle and was twice what i could possibly eat. my friend thoroughly enjoyed her ravioli although i suspect that they were not house made? not sure on this one as i couldn't taste due to that damn gluten thing but i should note that the menu advises they have gluten free pasta. once we had finished our meal it took us another 10 minutes to politely catch the attention of someone....anyone...to get our check and a drink refill. i could have done it faster but she wouldn't let me holler across the pass thru ;)

if you have time for a leisurely lunch i would highly recommend pane but if you're in a hurry, maybe not, at least until they fix the service problem.

great setting overlooking big springs
verygoodpizza the service is alsp good. top it off great value.

plying you with alcohol. this afternoon a group of friends and i came in for lunch. when asking about beverages, the waitress mentioned mint tea. that soundedgoodand i ordered it. being sickenly sweet, i was underwhelmed. my friend thought it looked good; lots of mint and ordered the same. she did not drink hers due to the sickenly sweetness. big surprise when our bill came - we were charged $8.50 each. we thought we had ordered mint tea - no, said the waitress, we ordered the mint tea cocktail. i said, "there was alcohol in this?" - couldn't taste it. long story short - i do not drink alcohol and was taken aback that i was served alcohol unbeknowst to me. my friend did not even drink hers - i diluted mine down with water - and the waitress said she could not take the charge off our card because she had already "run it" and the manager was "not there". i told her we were not even aware that alcohol was served there and that she should have mentioned that we were ordering a cocktail and not "mint tea". no apology - no removing it from the bill - nothing - expect a very small tip to her. is that legal to serve alcohol to someone who did not order it? beware. also, i agree with many others - slow service.

great food/ terrible service. when we walked in, we asked if we could just sit down and a waitress told us to go ahead and have a seat. after 15 minutes, we flagged down a waitress who then went to get another waitress. the girl who finally came to our table proceeded to lecture us on how we can't just sit down without telling someone, we have to flag down a waiter to take care of us. ridiculous. food took forever to get there, and while we were waiting, 2 older ladies sat down at the table next to us. after they waited forever for service (because none of the wait staff pays attention to anyone), they too got a lecture about sitting down without letting the entire restaurant know. again, ridiculous. this place hasgoodfood, but horrible, horrible service. sad to see such a cute little place have such a crappy waitstaff.

can't beat the atmosphere. the pizza isgoodand the drinks are good, the atmosphere is great (perfect date spot!) but the service is lacking.

we used to dine at pane e vino almost weekly, but it's nearly impossible to have a meal without service problems. the servers aren't intentionally rude, but they are very forgetful and easily distracted.