Vicari

I am losing my mind that this restaurant exists in a small town like Corinth. Lunch & dinner menus available All Day! My favorite thing is an all-​day serving, excellent restaurant. Every item we ordered was over-​the-​top great. Soup-​toscano, just delectable. ½ salad, way more than expected. Lobster ravioli-​black & white pasta pillows stuffed to capacity with lobster with delightful pink vodka sauce. Wait for it… Fruits de mar sounded pricey at $ 42 but when the platter arrived, over-​flowing with 2(!) giant lobster tails, a large pile of fresh crab, 8 jumbo shrimp, we were thinking this is the best value on the menu. Plenty for 2 people! Even my husband, with a large capacity for big meals, could not finish it. I had dibs on leftovers. This is an attractive restaurant. Historic building, lovely atmosphere. All in all, the most surprising restaurant find in years. Bravo!

Great upscale restaurant for a small town me and my wi frequent there al least twice a month sometimes more

Okay — but nowhere near great. The initial impression was not favorable; we were not greeted by either person at the front when we walked in. Our server was nice but now extremely knowledgeable. We had the shrimp poppers (meh), the filet stuffed with crabmeat (ok), the crab and shrimp manicotti (delicious), and the chicken Marsala (tasted like packaged brown sauce sans the Marsala). The filet came with bleu cheese hash browns, which were tasty but not hot, but the broccoli Parmesan was disappointing. The chicken was served with room-​temperature spaghetti (I would suggest angel hair pasta) and, as mentioned previously, the sauce was very bland. Veal is in the menu but is not available, which can we discovered when we ordered it. Our server brought us the check without first asking if we wanted dessert. I don’t know what his rush was; the place was nowhere near full. All in all, we were disappointed that we chose this place and will not be back.

Vicari is a nice gem in Corinth, MS. The service is extremely friendly and the atmosphere is best described as «unexpectedly rustic modern.» I stopped by a few times before posting my review. Vicari has great appetizers and a nice wine selection. You can’t go wrong with anything on the appetizers menu.
On the entrees, I’ve had the Lobster Ravioli, Chicken Marsala, and 12oz dry aged Ribeye. The Lobster Ravioli wasn’t as juicy as I would prefer, it was a bit dry. The Chicken Marsala was great, very authentic. The steak was reasonably priced, but I would prefer Vicari to use a better cut.
Noted I’m from KC and traveled to Northern NJ for 9yrs (weekly). I’m spoiled by KC’s steak and New Jersey’s authentic Italian. This restaurant was only opened for a month when I visited, so I will update my review on the next visit as needed. 4 star is solid on my book.
Please come and support this business.

I ate here with my partner yesterday, and we were both very pleased with our dining experiences. We both ordered pasta dishes and we each tried their signatures sauces (Red Pepper Cream /​Vicari Sauce) — The two sauces were amazing and I had a hard time choosing between which one I wanted with my pasta. The service was prompt and very friendly, while retaining the hint of professionalism. Our server was attentive, and she even chit-​chatted with us (I actually enjoy it when a server talks with us. It makes me feel more «at home») — In closing, I would highly recommend Vicari to anyone honestly. It’s a little pricier, depending on what you order, but it’s still a lot of food!

We loved this chef when he had the Chop House in Shiloh Ridge GC, we love it even more now that he has opened Vicari! I’m only sad to see the Chop House close as it was SO close to our house! :)
Atmosphere: A+ They have taken an old building and kept the charm but restored to new! Best of both worlds. The main dining area can be a bit noisy at times due to the brick and tile, but not so bad that you can’t have a conversation with the people you are with. The bar area upstairs is comfy and cozy with sitting areas and tables. You can dine up here as well.
Food: A we started off with an appetizer of stuffed mushrooms. Ample serving for sharing and they were to die for. For dinner we started with the Marsala soup — O.M.Goodness! It was so yummy and I could have had more. Dinner: I had the lasagna and my date the ravioli. My lasagna was very good, I think the only reason that I didn’t give the food an A+ is the sauce seemed a smidge ‘sweet’ — Don’t get me wrong, this is clearly homemade and not of a jar– but still a bit sweet for my taste.
Wine list is okay, but limited. Would like to see this expanded a bit.
Service: Fantastic and very personable!
We will be back when ever we are in Corinth! Go try them out, you will not be sorry.

Never would have thought we would find our new favorite restaurant so far from home. Traveling thru the area looking for a nice dinner and a glass of wine. Beautifully restored building, wonderful service and a menu that is just incredible! Fried lobster tail! Just when I think I have eaten lobster prepared every way possible, BAM, my new favorite. Blackened red snapper was wonderful, huge selection of sides that were done just perfectly. And then came the Bananas Foster. We shared and then we were fighting over the last bite! Oh how I wish this spot was closer to California. Give this spot a try!

One of the best finer restaurants in Corinth. Pleased to see a little culture come to town. The raviolis were to die for.

My wife and 2 sons ate here about a month ago. I want to first compliment the décor and overall atmosphere of Vicari. It is very aesthetically pleasing and very well done. This is by far the best fine dining restaurant experience in Corinth. In fact, I would categorize it as a good restaurant usually found in a larger city. It is a very ambitious effort for Corinth, MS, and I give it my full support. My wife had the veal Parmesan, my eldest son had spaghetti and my youngest son had chicken parmesan. Those meals were excellently prepared, delicious and reasonably priced for a restaurant of this type. I had a chef’s special, the Fruits de Mar. A medley of prepared shrimp, lobster and crab. My meal was prepared and cooked perfectly, served chilled as expected and the homemade sauces served with my trio were all excellent. We also had dessert, a chocolate cake and crème brûlée. We all were highly satisfied with Vicari and have recommended it to family and friends.

Excellent meal in a casually elegant setting. Servers are well trained and friendly. Delicious flavored. Worth a trip to Corinth just to eat here.

Came in to town for business from Houston (a city with GREAT food). Really enjoyed Vicari

My son and I tried this new restaurant tonight. We are pretty stiff critics of Italian cooking. My wife was an extraordinary cook and was half, my son a quarter Italian by heritage. My son mistakenly looked at an on line menu and thought he saw the bone in prime rib was $ 62. He said we need to hurry and try this place because if it was that overpriced in Corinth it wouldn’t last long. When we got there, he found it was $ 42, not $ 62, and after that initial shocker, everything looked very reasonable in comparison.
Vicari occupies a beautifully restored old building in historic downtown Corinth located on Cruise Street in the block which once housed Billingsley Grocery on one end and Rubel’s Department Store on the other. The building which was only recently on the edge of total collapse has been lovingly restored and is now a showpiece for historic preservation in Corinth. The only problem I see is the acoustics, the sound level is terrible due to a total lack of any soft sound absorbing surfaces anywhere to be seen. Hopefully, an ear friendly solution will be found in the future.
We started with an appetizer of grilled shrimp poppers. The rather medium sized shrimp were stuffed with slivers of jalapeños, wrapped in bacon and grilled. They have a very good smoky grilled taste, very mild peppers. How can you go wrong with bacon? We thought they were very tasty but could have used something else to make them really memorable. A dipping sauce of some type would have been a good start. The problem is when you have had a dish of bacon wrapped shrimp that is over the edge, everything else forever pales by comparison. Café Olé in Memphis has been preparing an appetizer of bacon wrapped shrimp stuffed with cheese and jalapeños for at least 30 years that on a scale of 1 to 10 seldom falls far from a 10. This dish would probably be a 7 or 8 by comparison.
One of my all time Italian favorites is lasagna and I have probably tried it over a hundred times in Italian restaurants over my lifetime. This was a well prepared, very good but somewhat unconventional lasagna from my experience. It appeared to be individually made from scratch as opposed to a large batch, baked ahead, cut and reheated. It is available with a tomato sauce or a meat sauce. It was, as another reviewer noted, very light on the pasta but the meat sauce with which I ordered it was very hearty and well done.
Most Italian food is very much a reflection of the region and the cook who prepared it and Vicari’s lasagna is no exception. There are many styles of lasagna and I would rate this as very good, well executed but not exceptional. Service is somewhat herky-​jerky, the restaurant has only been open a couple of weeks and hopefully it will get better. No matter how much and what type cheeses you put into lasagna, I’ve always found a little salty Parmesan on top is an excellent way to balance the sweetness of the tomato sauce with a little sharp bite. I’ve never had to request Parmesan cheese with lasagna in a good Italian restaurant but it took a while to flag down my waitress who promptly brought some after my request.
My son always likes veal and the Veal Vicari was his choice. He is following a low carb diet and made a dietary request to substitute a vegetable for the pasta in the dish which was cordially accommodated. The veal was very good, well prepared and the cream based sauce was delicious. The asparagus and vegetable medley was also well done.
We will have to return at a later date to try the deserts. We were told the desert menu included bread pudding, crème brûlée, and tiramisu– all classics to finish a fine Italian meal.
Vicari’s is definitely a high end dining experience in Corinth. It is nice to have a choice and the pressure will be on to maintain consistency and food quality with excellence in service. We hope this restaurant continues to improve from a very good start.

I was raised on Southern cooking and if I were forced to choose one single cuisine as my favorite, it would be Italian. I cook lasagna for myself and, to date, have never had any prepared with more flavor. My only experience with dining at an Italian restaurant is Ma Ma Fia’s in Adamsville, Tn
and Papa Vanelli’s in Tupelo. I was a fan of Vanelli’s for years, until the 2000s when the quality had dropped so dramatically I stopped going.
The wonderful crew at Chop House decided to open an Italian restaurant in Downtown Corinth and my heart skipped a beat. The loyal customers of Chop House can enjoy the best of both worlds now, with the Chop House steaks, along with fine Italian dining.

The first hurdle is deciding what my first meal would be. It is decided, lasagna! As this is their grand opening I’m sure everything will be spot on and impressive, as it is the experienced Chop House crew and they hadn’t let me down yet!
The lunch menu for Vicari is simple, yet offers some great basics, such as spaghetti, lasagna, Italian sausage and peppers. The lunch prices range from $ 7.00-$ 9.00, and the sandwiches come with Julienne fries or sweet potato fries.
The décor is very impressive with beautiful marble tile floors and a grand staircase in the center of the building. You could see the dark wood flooring upstairs but no activity up there, as of yet. To the left of the entrance is a piano, as it was in the Chop House bar/​lounge. This is a large facility that holds close to 300 people. There is a somewhat open kitchen and you are welcome to walk up and watch them prepare food.
There is subtle background music piped through Bose speakers (mostly jazz). There is still an overpowering smell of paint. There is exposed brick on part of the walls with a grey color paint covering the other areas.
We did have dinner tonight and I’m leaving the 5 stars for the amount of thought and work that went into restoring this old building into something so spectacular. The menu is like a novel in size, but there is next to nothing in the beef section. They dropped the NY Strip and burger and that just leaves Ribeye, Filet and Prime Rib (only available Fri and Sat). There are no baked potatoes, no bread and no salad with the steak, just a semi-​mashed and doctored-​up potato.
The lasagna was hands down the biggest disappointment of my life! It is definitely overpriced at $ 14.00. There was no salad served with this item, but it had two slender garlic breadsticks. The serving was very small and has only two lasagna noodles in the serving, the rest is an overly herbed red sauce. The noodles are like cooked wontons, so thin that there was absolutely zero noodle texture.
The lunch price for lasagna is $ 8.00 and there is absolutely no way they could serve a smaller ‘lunch seving’. The size I got tonight would have been disappointing had I gotten it at lunch, so you can imagine how disappointed I was when I had it for dinner, and had to pay $ 14.00. The lasagna plateau to which all others must strive to meet is my own homemade lasagna.
To Each Their Own.
The owner is cool, the waiters and waitresses smiled and waved at us tonight because they know us from Chop House. (Update: I contacted the owner about the soup, he had forgotten about the Steak Bordelaise soup, but made it for me the next day, and it was a huge hit).
Every time the front door opened at dinner tonight cold (Winter) wind made its way to our table, and we were several feet away from the door, practically under the staircase. Very uncomfortable. Noise level in these old buildings (Pizza Grocery is bad also) is horrendous.
Update*** Today, March 6^th, we ate lunch. Serving sizes were fine, but there really is absolutely no wow factor. The meatball sandwich has 4 large meatballs and it really would be much cleaner and easier to eat, if the meatballs were made smaller. The sausage and peppers were cold and the french fries were stuck together in a wad. Still not the top quality food I had expected and built up in my mind.
**Update May 28, 2015, we have been in for lunch several times, and have been very happy with the quality and quantity of food. There are several soups that are just incredible (must try anything with the word steak in it). Steak Florentine pasta with pink sauce is really great.
The daily pasta lunch special is a true value, at $ 7.00, you get a salad, pasta entrée and a bread stick. If, for any reason you are undecided on visiting during dinner hours take a day to have lunch with them. It won’t break your wallet and the quality is the same as dinner.