207 Main Street, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060

Backstreets is mainly a pizza and pasta restaurant located about a minute’s walk from downtown Blacksburg.  I don’t eat cheese so my choices were a little bit limited by that.  I started off with focaccia, a favourite of mine since I was in Italy a long time ago - unfortunately this starter was quite dry apart from the marinara it was served with: it had neither enough olive oil or salt for my liking…  But anyway a pork dipped in tomato sauce and rolled in breadcrumbs entree looked enticing - going by the amount of cheesey items on the menu I decided to ask and check if there was cheese in it, and sure enough it was mixed in with the breadcrumbs even though not mentioned on the menu.  I went for another pork (latte) dish cooked in a milky sauce and served with red and black pepper pasta.  This was very tasty but there was way too much food there for one person, FOUR pork medallions (more like steaks) meant that I had to leave it halfway and take the rest away for later.  Unfortunately I had no room for the listed desserts (tiramisu, chocolate mousse, cheesecake) - maybe next time.  The alcohol menu was quite extensive, ranging from Oregon / Washington state wines to Chinese beer to Guiness (sp.) stout and “Harp’s lager”!

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