When You Can't Go to V's -- Bring V's to You!

In 1963, not far from our house, an Italian restaurant opened.

A small place -- a few tables

In a strip mall

We went, we fell in love

with

Spaghetti and meatballs,

we felt so cosmopolitan

And there was always a complimentary piece of rum cake for dessert

We watched V's grow into the store front next to them

And then another

And finally, they built their own free standing restaurant

Still on 40 Highway

And when we go to the city we often eat once again at V's

And often when I have lunch with my brother, David, we eat at V's

And they still give a piece of complimentary rum cake!

And then one day I was at our local Wal Mart

looking in the freezer section

(A section that I don't go to often unless I want ice cream or fruit or vegetables or puff pastry)

And there were containers of V's food

The V's!

The Sauce

The meatballs

The ravioli

Whenever I don't get to Kansas City often enough,

I can bring V's home

I prefer the spaghetti and meatballs

That is, after all, what we always ordered in the early days

And I still love V's spaghetti and meatballs

Only thing you need to provide is the spaghetti

And the Parmesan cheese

(Starting with a salad and a basket of bread to accompany the spaghetti and meatballs, of course!)

For us, the container of sauce and the package of meatballs is enough for two meals.

And when it's V's  spaghetti and meatballs

Who minds if you have it twice in one week

Tonight we were lucky . . . 

I had two pieces of rum cake in the freezer

Tonight was a complete V's experience!