I was convinced that there really wasn't any "fine dining" in my home town. There's plenty of good food and its pretty cheap to eat here, but most of the restaurants around town are basic and plain. Then we discovered Pupetta's. It is situated in the old F.W. Woolworth's building in downtown Goldsboro and the interior is wood paneled from floor to the 15 foot ceilings. The ceiling itself is the patterned sheet metal like the old Victorian homes. The wait staff are uniformed in black and there are white table cloths.
I met the owner/chef (Sal) and he said that he didn't decorate the place, a previous restaurant owner had done that work. It suits his business very well, however.
As you might guess, the food is Italian. I had a Chicken Vodka that was excellent. A vodka sauce is a mix between tomato sauce and cream sauce and it turns out to be sorta pink. The sauce in this dish had sliced black olives, mushrooms and a little bit of onion. The chicken breast was grilled to perfection and it was served over angel hair pasta with the pink sauce. I gotta say that I have no qualms recommending this place to anyone.
Interestingly, there were no Italian restaurants in this town when I was growing up here. No pizza places either.
Their beautiful wood paneled bar with granite inlays has a nice selection of wine and served up a great tira misu. Try it out if you are ever down here!
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