As a gourmet chef, I'm tough on restaurants. The food has to be better than I can prepare at home, so take that into account when you read this review.
I had a lunch appointment, and my colleague suggested this place. I arrived a few minutes before 12:00 and there were just two other tables occupied. Bad Sign. My colleague arrived and as I was perusing the lunch menu , I picked out a pasta item that was reasonably-priced at $8.95 The ?owner? walked by and mentioned that they had a special that was not on the menu: linguine with olive oil, garlic, and shrimp. He neglected to mention the price (Bad Sign Number 2).
I'm always leery of lunch specials that are not on the menu. Too many times they consist of items left over from the night before. I decided to order it any way.
It arrived and it was a disappointment. The pasta was undercooked and the shrimp was over cooked. Worse yet, when the bill arrived I discovered that the charge for this dish too awful to finish was 24 dollars! I understand that the restaurant business is tough and they have to make a living, but a dollar's worth of poorly-cooked ingredients is not worth $24.