"Parente’s has been in business since 1983. Unfortunately, the restaurant looks like it was last updated in 1983. Three of us dined there on 7/28 at mid afternoon, there were a few other diners in the restaurant and several others in the bar. Baked scrod was deemed very good. Nice big portion, came with two sides (in this case, steamed broccoli and fries). Diner ate it all and said she was satisfied. Chicken piccata was also deemed good. Diner chose linguine and garlic bread. The dish came loaded with capers. I ordered chicken parmigiana with linguine. Started with a cup of chicken soup which was very good. But the chicken parm was awful. I received penne, not the linguine I had ordered, but at that point I didn’t want to send it back. The chicken was dried out, the breading was mostly black and fell off the chicken, the sauce had no flavor. It was mostly inedible. Because we were celebrating my sister’s birthday, I held back, but truly, it was not a good meal. I wish this restaurant well, but we’ll never be back."
