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| - I love this place, and even more so, this exact location. There are so many things I enjoy about this place, I am a little torn on where to start.
Quickly I will give a recommended first trip order, and then give details about what I love about this place:
Drink (Any Arizona Stronghold wine, I really like their reds - Dala specificly)
App (Meatball trio in Vodka Sauce - it didn't sound good to me either, and then I tasted it WOW!)
Pizza (thin crust Spicy Italian (w/ Jalepanos) or (The Combo).
Dessert - (Pistachio Gelato)
Ok, start from the outside, work my way inside, and work from apps and drinks through dessert.
Outside: GORGEOUS, one story brick building on Chandler Blvd between 48th and 50th Street (just west of the I-10 exit). The parking lot is very crowded during the busier times (evenings, especially Friday and Saturday).
Inside: Once you are inside the building, there isn't a large waiting area, and once you get your seats, you will see why. They maximum the space in the building for those sitting and enjoying their food/drinks. Even in the areas where there are more tables (eastside of the building), it never feels too crowded to me. The westside of the building is the bar, and smaller tables with really nice, fabric-covered seats (fancy). :)
Staff: The hostesses, to the waitstaff, to the managers (who my wife and I met while dinning on a less busy Saturday afternoon) are fantastic at customer service. I can't think of a single time we have been that we haven't really enjoyed ourselves, and part of that can be attributed to the wonderful people who wait on us.
Drinks: Very good wine selection (whites and reds) and they do a respectable job making sure to work in good, quality local winieries (Arizona Stronghold and Pilsbury come to mind). My only (slight) complaint, is I would like to see a wider craft beer selection (especially as many local brewers as possible, Four Peaks, Sun Up, to name a few).
Food: OMG! This food is always fantastic. My wife and I always get the meatball trio in vodka sauce. These are the most moist and flavorful meatballs I have eaten, and that doesn't even include the vodka sauce and cheese in which the meatballs are cooked.
Pizzas - Haven't had a bad one yet; the only one's I am not as in love with are any of the one's that come with spinich (I think because I don't love cooked spinich, not because they aren't doing something right).
Sandwiches - Haven't had one, so no opinion (although the ones to pass my table smelled great! :) ).
Pasta - My wife had the special, which was a seafood and pasta dish which had scallops (cooked perfectly), baby clams, and shrimp (so tender) in a wonderful tomato sauce. I don't like clams, but this all blended so nicely where no parts of the seafood or pasta, or sauce over-powered one another.
Dessert - I know Italian resturants should have a good cannoli (and this place does), I am usually so stuffed from my dinner we never order it. Until our last trip, when the waiter (playfully) made us order the gelato (Pistachio). We are so glad he did! We loved it!
With a large selection of food options, there is something for everone!
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