The Italian cuisine at Mike & Charlie's restaurant in Harrah's Casino is good stuff: the best dishes from the culinary repertoire of local restaurateur Mike Garozzo and his St. Louis counterpart, Charlie Gitto. But the best deal in the house is the "Sicilian Sampler Bar Menu," served at the shiny, granite-topped bar seven nights a week from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. and again from 9 p.m. until the place closes (10 p.m. on weeknights, 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights). This sampler menu offers a limited number of small plates, each priced at $2.95, and the portions are big enough that two or three of the plates — the wonderful meatball sliders, the baked cannelloni, the chicken spiedini "lollipops" and the lightly fried fresh Mozzarella — make a satisfying meal. The bartenders can mix up a mean cocktail to go with the food, and there's almost always someone interesting to talk to ... or about.
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