Howard Lachtman Record Staff Writer A fter years of traveling to Sacramento and the Bay Area to dine at an Old Spaghetti Factory , the restaurant chain now is serving lunch and dinner at its new March Lane location in Stockton. It's the second major chain to arrive in town following the Outback Steak House. Old Spaghetti Factory offers affordable family dining in a fun setting of faux antiques, vintage posters and wall photos of old-time Stockton.
Dinners are complete, from choice of soup or salad to beverage and spumoni or ice cream.
The factory is getting the usual stampede from diners eager to try something new in town, but the wait isn't interminable and the cozy bar offers hanging lamps, French prints and big windows. In the dining room, the young service staff kept things running with surprising efficiency despite the brisk pace. Our server was friendly and attentive, our food prompt. The fresh meatballs seemed to shine over the rather bland noodles, which we doctored with a little more Mizithra. That Homer guy knew his cheese, all right.