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Traditional fare at Mama Sanninos in Arvada
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 2:10 p.m.

Mama Sanninos is only six years old, but it looks like it's been around forever.
1/13

Sylvia Gifford with aglio e olio and spaghetti with meatball.
2/13

Sparky Drake with handmade noodles with marinara and handmade noodles in eggplant with tomato cream.
3/13

The Italian seasoned pork chop.
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Chicken Parmesan.
5/13

Callie's tortellini.
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The exterior of Mama Sanninos, located in a strip mall at 9312 West 58th Avenue in Arvada.
7/13

Bada Bing!
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Ciao!
9/13

Sylvia Gifford delivers the goods.
10/13

For dessert, ice cream.
11/13

karen and Jim Sannino.
12/13

Italian frites.
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Traditional fare at Mama Sanninos in Arvada
Jimmy Sannino decided to keep the legacy alive, taking the original Sanno family recipes — "my brothers tweaked them in the later years at 3 Sons," he explains — and using them when he opened his own restaurant with his wife, Karen. From the start, they set out to create a neighborhood restaurant. "We've become a community gathering place," he says. "I like to call it an Italian Cheers!"
Continue reading Laura Shunk's Mama Sannino's restaurant review.
Photos by Mark Manger
Jimmy Sannino decided to keep the legacy alive, taking the original Sanno family recipes — "my brothers tweaked them in the later years at 3 Sons," he explains — and using them when he opened his own restaurant with his wife, Karen. From the start, they set out to create a neighborhood restaurant. "We've become a community gathering place," he says. "I like to call it an Italian Cheers!"
Continue reading Laura Shunk's Mama Sannino's restaurant review.
Photos by Mark Manger
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