Gatti’s Pizza, located within the Great Escape Commercial District on Trenton Road, past the Tiny Town Road intersection, is a family-friendly pizza/pasta/salad emporium that has been open just over five weeks. Business hours are Sunday to Thursday: 11 AM to 8 PM; Friday and Saturday: 11 AM to 9 PM. It is also accessible from the Tennessee Exit 1 on I-24.

The restaurant presents a new concept for the eatery chain formerly known as Mr. Gatti’s. That name change happened about a year ago. The new concept focuses on providing a family -friendly oriented buffet smorgasbord with Sports TV, Kids Theater and Video Arcade. The central entrance presents the buffet bar with its dinning area oriented to adult patrons with large monitors offering Sports TV coverage. The Kids Theater is a dinning area with large TV screens set to children programing. The third open area is an video arcade plaza. Each area is spacious and well lighted. The seating is comfortable and welcoming.

Karen is the manager, with staffing of eight to ten per crew. The staff keeps patrons and the dinning areas well attended.

Patrons are presented with a single price for the entire array of buffet offerings. The offerings include the following pizza varieties: Pepperoni, Italian sausage, salami, ham, chicken, bacon, ground beef, peppers, cheese pizzas, meat combos, veggie combos, thin crust, thick crust, Hawaiian pineapple and ham. Patrons can also request special pizza combinations in addition to the various pizza offerings set out on the buffet bar. Smoked provolone and cheddar cheeses are used for the cheese sticks. Also making regular appearances on the buffet are Dutch Apple Treat dessert pizzas and cinnamon sticks.

The pasta section boasts SpaGatti, linguine, egg noddles, Marinara sauce with chunky vegetables, a meat sauce, a creamy white sauce, macaroni and cheese, minestrone soup and stuffed potato soup. The salad bar is well stocked with crisp lettuce, grape tomatoes, black olives, carrot slivers, green peppers, red onions, cauliflower crowns, broccoli crowns, baby corn, pickled okra, sliced mushrooms, banana peppers, diced eggs, sliced ham sticks, with salad dressings ranging from oil and vinegar, to French, Honey French, Italian, Ranch, Blue Cheese and a House Special Peppercorn Ranch dressing.

Beverage selections include iced tea, coffee, and Pepsi products including Sierra Mist, Cherry Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Pink Lemonade and Pepsi and Root Beer. All this is to be had for the modest price of $6.99 per adult. Children, senior citizens and military personnel receive a discount.

Gatti’s ‘all-you-can-eat buffet’ is also suitable for booking for group events. Reservations for civic group meetings, client appreciation parties, reunions, team building events, church groups, lock-ins, birthday parties and many other types of gatherings are available. Additionally, Gatti’s offers specials for school outings, field trips or team celebrations or club meetings. There is a $25 reservation fee. Reservations can be made for anytime during the week and after 2 PM on Sundays. Reservations must be made in advance of your event.

Gatti’s also accepts To Go/Carry Out orders. Call Karen at 931-802-5500 for more info or visit their website .

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