Uno Chicago Grille

Last night I met some friends to do some returns at the Blackstone Shoppes in Millbury. The mall was packed. It took 3 left turn light cycles for me to enter the mall road. This was around 6:15 pm. We put our names in at two restaurants because the waits were equally as long at both. We figured, we'd take the first page. Uno's won over Red Robin and boy, am I glad. I had the best meal. I ordered the Uno Firecracker Pasta. It's penne pasta with a spicy alfredo sauce, cheddar cheese, jalapenos, and sauteed chicken. When they say spicy, they really mean spicy. This was not that fake spicy that other places say, like when you order the "extra hot" buffalo wings and still need a tub of Frank's Red Hot to get some heat on those wings. The portion size was great, as I had leftovers for dinner tonight. The breadstick was also ideal. Buttery, with shaved parmesan cheese crisped on top. The side house salad with italian dressing was also good, but in a "salad is good for you so eat it" kind of way.

My dining companions were also quite happy with their meals. They shared the sausage flatbread pizza and a honey crisp chicken salad. This salad looked great. Tons of bacon and cheddar cheese. The dressing was given the thumbs up. The only comment I heard was that there could have been a little more lettuce. The pizza disappeared pretty quickly as well. Oh, and the 2 year old with us ate almost 2 whole pieces of cheese pizza so I'm going to say it was a success.

Sweetness alert: The BBQ sauce they use on the BBQ pizza is citrusy. We found this out because the staff puts out flatbread pizzas for the hordes of waiting patrons.

Question: There was a big bowl of red delicious apples by the door, right next to the tray of individually wrapped toothpicks (handy). Were these Uno's version of the after dinner mint? Should we have taken some?