Like most of the generation that grew up in the 1980s, the family meal bucket, box, pail or vessel was a big part of my dining out experience. Buckets of drumsticks from Kentucky Fried Chicken, the double pizza on a cardboard pallet from Little Caesar's or the giant box of family-style nachos from the now-defunct Mexican restaurant known as Naugle's were all welcome sights to little kid me.

For some reason, the food that makes the most sense to be served in a bucket—I'm talking about spaghetti, of course—has finally fulfilled its takeout destiny. Yup, today we're talking buckets of spaghetti courtesy of By the Bucket (701 E. 2100 South, 385-415-2185, bythebucket.com).