Here is today's Drop-In Dining report from today's GO section. Drop-In Dining is a continuing series where a TNT staffer drops in unannounced and eats on the TNT's dime, then writes up a report about the experience. Have a restaurant you would like us to check out? Email tntdiner@thenewstribune.com . Flying Tomato Italian Grill 10224 198th St. E., Graham; 253-875-0770. Hours: Open 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 11:30 am.-10 p.m. Fridays, noon-10 p.m. Saturdays and noon-9 p.m. Sundays. By Bill Hutchens bill.hutchens@thenewstribune.com The Scene: Cozy hearth-cafe dining meets trendy pasta kitchen. The one-room dining area is dimly lit but warm, quiet and inviting. Type of food: Tuscany reinvented. Dishes range from build-your-own wood fired “pisas” ($11.99-$20.99) to fancy schmancy seafood and steak (with pasta, of course). All of the basic – and many not-so-basic – pasta dishes ($11.99-$19.99) are here, too, so you can order your spaghetti and meatballs or tricolor tortellini or go for the Marco Polo, fettuccine alfredo with white shrimp and scallops. Menu highlights: The Flat-Iron Steak ($24.99) is served with sun-dried tomato steak butter, rigatoni and mizithra cheese (add caramelized onions and mushrooms or marsala wine for $3). And the Wood-fired Honey Smoked Salmon Fettuccine ($18.99) comes with huge chunks of tender honeyed salmon. The Dessert Trilogy ($9.99) is a sampling of cannolis, tiramisu and a dessert-of-the-month ...
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Here is today's Drop-In Dining report from today's GO section. Drop-In Dining is a continuing series where a TNT staffer drops in unannounced and eats on the TNT's dime, then writes up a report about the experience. Have a restaurant you would like us to check out? Email tntdiner@thenewstribune.com . Flying Tomato Italian Grill 10224 198th St. E., Graham; 253-875-0770. Hours: Open 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 11:30 am.-10 p.m. Fridays, noon-10 p.m. Saturdays and noon-9 p.m. Sundays. By Bill Hutchens bill.hutchens@thenewstribune.com The Scene: Cozy hearth-cafe dining meets trendy pasta kitchen. The one-room dining area is dimly lit but warm, quiet and inviting. Type of food: Tuscany reinvented. Dishes range from build-your-own wood fired “pisas” ($11.99-$20.99) to fancy schmancy seafood and steak (with pasta, of course). All of the basic – and many not-so-basic – pasta dishes ($11.99-$19.99) are here, too, so you can order your spaghetti and meatballs or tricolor tortellini or go for the Marco Polo, fettuccine alfredo with white shrimp and scallops. Menu highlights: The Flat-Iron Steak ($24.99) is served with sun-dried tomato steak butter, rigatoni and mizithra cheese (add caramelized onions and mushrooms or marsala wine for $3). And the Wood-fired Honey Smoked Salmon Fettuccine ($18.99) comes with huge chunks of tender honeyed salmon. The Dessert Trilogy ($9.99) is a sampling of cannolis, tiramisu and a dessert-of-the-month ...