{"id":10105,"date":"2025-10-05T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/?p=10105"},"modified":"2025-10-03T10:45:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:45:55","slug":"dinotto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/?p=10105","title":{"rendered":"Dinotto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10103\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250905_121545-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"Dinotto\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250905_121545-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250905_121545-1024x646.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250905_121545-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250905_121545-1536x969.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250905_121545.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Not too long ago, in about a one-block stretch near the S. Pinckney Street side of the Capitol Square, you could get sandwiches from Quizno&#8217;s, Subway, Cousins and Kitchen Hearth\/Cranberry Creek\/Todofresco. Now, they&#8217;re all gone, but fortunately, there&#8217;s a much better place that recently opened, and that&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/details.php?b=2170\">Dinotto<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Every component of the South Sider ($14) hit perfectly. The sandwich combined some tasty porketta with saffron caper aioli for some sweetness, some mustard for tanginess and a huge slice of taleggio cheese for creaminess inside an absolutely delicious toasted hoagie roll.<\/p>\n<p>The eggplant parmesan ($14) also was outstanding. The breading was crisp, and the eggplant inside was tender. It maintained its texture while holding onto the parmesan and mozzarella cheeses, plus Nana&#8217;s red sauce. Meanwhile, the arugula provided some bite.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10104\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250905_122817-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"Dinotto\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250905_122817-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250905_122817-1024x625.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250905_122817-768x469.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250905_122817-1536x938.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250905_122817.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Want a filling sandwich? The Siciliano ($13) was stacked high with pepperoni, salami, capicola, mortadella and provolone inside a hoagie roll. I got the meat sweats eating this sub. All the flavors you expect are there, along with the addition of house vinaigrette, lettuce and onions.<\/p>\n<p>Other sandwiches include the meatball grinder ($14), the hot Italian beef ($14) and the caprese ($12).<\/p>\n<p>Sides\/extras include truffle fries with caper aioli ($5.99), farro salad ($3.99) and cannoli ($9 for three).<\/p>\n<p>Dinotto serves lunch Monday through Friday. It&#8217;s carryout-only, and the space is very small.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not too long ago, in about a one-block stretch near the S. Pinckney Street side of the Capitol Square, you could get sandwiches from Quizno&#8217;s, Subway, Cousins and Kitchen Hearth\/Cranberry Creek\/Todofresco. Now, they&#8217;re all gone, but fortunately, there&#8217;s a much better place that recently opened, and that&#8217;s Dinotto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[16,68],"class_list":["post-10105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-restaurant-reviews","tag-downtown","tag-sandwiches"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10106,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10105\/revisions\/10106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}