Buddy’s Italian restaurant plans to continue serving patrons ‘for another 64 years and onward’

POCATELLO — A celebrated Pocatello eatery adjacent North Fifth Avenue has been making customers happy for complete six decades.

Buddy’s Italian Restaurant has been operating retired of nan aforesaid building astatine 626 East Lewis Street since 1961. While ownership has changed since nan edifice started, its position arsenic a Gate City icon has not.

“It’s a organization here. It’s been astir truthful long,” said Denise Sparks, adjunct head astatine Buddy’s. “The original owners, that’s really they intended it to be, arsenic a spot for community, and it’s continued to do that.”

Started by Bill Guido and Buddy Face, Buddy’s Italian Restaurant opened successful a location that could tie successful assemblage students, families, and friends alike. This is still existent for nan edifice today, Sparks said.

“Back successful that time, going retired to eat was a immense organization thing. That’s wherever you met group (and) stuck together,” Sparks said. “Buddy’s has ever benignant of fulfilled that for people.”

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One appetizer that’s awesome for sharing pinch nan full array is nan restaurant’s salad, tossed done pinch Buddy’s signature oliva lipid and reddish vino vinegar dressing and chunks of bluish cheese. Sparks said nan dressing is what put Buddy’s connected nan map.

“That is what we’re celebrated for, that Buddy’s dressing. People travel from each complete to person (it),” Sparks said.

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Another crockery that tin beryllium dipped successful nan dressing is fried mozzarella. This creamy food is deep-fried and served pinch a crunchy exterior. Buddy’s introduced this appetizer only 2 years ago.

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One of nan restaurant’s astir celebrated appetizers is its ail food bread. Customers tin upgrade their pasta broadside from breadstuff and food to ail breadstuff and past to ail food bread.

Buddy’s breadstuff is made from scratch by a section bakery called Paloukos Bakery. These bakers person been making nan restaurant’s breadstuff since its opening.

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The mixed for Buddy’s pizza is besides made from scratch. Patrons tin take from old-world marinara sauce, spaghetti sauce, Alfredo sauce, aliases moreover ail butter.

“We person galore toppings that you tin take from,” Sparks said.

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Are you not successful nan temper for pasta aliases pizza? Try a sandwich. The Italian Sausage pinch Everything sandwich is served pinch mozzarella cheese, marinara sauce, greenish peppers, and onions. It is conscionable 1 of nan 12 sandwiches customers tin bid astatine nan restaurant.

“We service it conscionable non extremity each time long. People person been coming present for years, and that’s nan only point they’ve ever ordered,” Sparks said.

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Most will not beryllium amazed to study spaghetti is 1 of Buddy’s astir celebrated paper items. Buddy’s unit makes its ain meatballs for this dish.

Sparks called this different bully crockery to stock pinch nan table.

“You could get a ample sheet of pasta and stock it,” Sparks said. “We person meal combinations pinch nan afloat crockery (and) nan ample sheet of pasta,” Sparks said.

One of Sparks’ favourite things astir Buddy’s is watching nan customer guidelines turn complete time. She worked astatine nan edifice from 2002 to 2013 and past near for 9 years.

“Then I came backmost and to spot nan modulation of kids that I waited connected erstwhile they were babies, who were past successful precocious schoolhouse aliases graduating precocious school,” Sparks said.

Sparks doesn’t spot this contented of different generations eating astatine Buddy’s ending anytime soon.

“We will proceed to person nan aforesaid good-tasting nutrient for different 64 years and onward,” Sparks said.