The Time Has Pun

Thank you, Tracey D., Howell, NJ, for your review of Pastabilites in Syracuse, NY.

Puns are a divisive form of humor. Some people love them; most people don't. There are times when they are appropriate; most of the time, they're not. When you encounter a restaurant with a pun as the name, as we have here with Pastabilities, it's an open invitation for everyone - even the haters - to indulge. Guilt-free!

And yet! Despite the embarrassingly large number of reviews I read of this restaurant, yours was the only one that took even the tiniest opportunity to bite.

"The pastabilites are endless!"

It's so simple and so perfect!

We invited them to dinner and they said gnoccando.

I asked why they didn't want to join us, and they said they didn't have a penne to their name.

The people were given a free pass, and they said spaghettaboutit!

Or rather, they could've said these things, but didn't because they're not fun like you, Tracey D.

Four out of five stars.

Pasta la vista, baby.

See you next Tuesday.