Fanatico — 162 W Main St.
Fanatico is a fancy version of Olive Garden located in downtown Whitewater and it proves itself as such. This is an Italian restaurant located next to La Piazza, which serves pizza by the slice. They are connected and owned by the same person. Fanatico has a romantic and upscale atmosphere serving beautiful plates of pasta, salads, and various meat options. This restaurant provides every customer with complimentary bread with oil, cheese, and spices. It is a small restaurant with dark lighting and is the perfect place for a romantic date. This place is rather expensive for the college student budget ranging from $15-20 per person. They do make sure to fit in the college budget on Thursdays, you can get two entrees and an appetizer for $25.Though it may be costly, the portion size did reflect the price and I ended up with leftovers I could take home to eat the next day. They also have a deal on Wednesdays called “Wine Wednesdays” serving half price bottles of wine. When I went in I was seated right away and the staff was extremely nice and attentive considering how busy they were on a Friday night. Some downfalls are that it is on the higher end of cost for a college budget, it is not a typical dinner location due to the size of the restaurant, and some of the tables are located right by the servers so it can get a little chaotic. You can pick up food from Fananitco but unfortunately they do not have a delivery service. Overall, this is a great restaurant to go to for special occasions.
6 Comments
Becca Fish
I’ve never been to Fanatico’s but your post had my mouth watering! I’ll definitely be trying it soon!
Joshua Versh
Fanatico sounds like probably the best option when it comes to a romantic date in Whitewater. This in turn allows them to charge a little bit higher prices and even though we are broke college kids we still need a nice place to go on a date.
Luke Proell
Fanatico is great, but your’re right that it’s ideal for special occasions. It’s ok for just sitting down, but overall it’s better suited for big parties.
Logan Meyer
First, I love this blog because I never truly explored all of the restaurants around the Whitewater area, and I am interested in learning about them before I go and eat there. Second, I love Fanatico, I hate only been there once (not sure why) and I love pasta, so this was a great Italian restaurant. I hope they open more Italian restaurants in the town because there is only a couple. I still thinkOlive Garden is better, but it is close in competition.
Morgan Meade
I love that you are trying out all these places in Whitewater and letting us know you’re thought! I have only been to Fanatico once and never knew about their deals so it is nice to learn about those!
Luke Willkomm
Bread with oil: So simple, yet so delicious and more Italian restaurants need to do it. Wow! I had no idea that Fanatico was this good and had deals for 25$. I gotta say, this is probably the most useful blog for Freshman who are new to Whitewater and need to know where to grab a bite, but I’m a Senior and I still haven’t been to some of these places. This blog definitely makes me want to try them out!