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| - I think this restaurant is really close to being great, but needs to pay attention to the details.
When we walked in it smelt like awful, cheap cleaning supplies. Turns out they were burning dollar store scented candles at each table! I like ambiance, but why would you ever use scented candles right in front of food, and disgusting smelling candles at that.
At 6 PM for dinner the giant big screen TV was on playing CP24. Nothing I like more than news about beheadings and measles with my pasta and scented candles. I asked the server to turn it off and she did, but seemed confused. I could maybe understand if it was on a sports game or something, but even then, this isn't a sports bar. It is truly a huge tv in the back and I'm not sure what they're going for in terms of crowd.
Food was pretty good. Bruchetta was decent, but weirdly presented with a paper napkin beneath it on the plate. Just that attention to detail would make it look like a better appetizer. Pizza was very good (though skip the sun dried tomatoes if you want actual sundried tomatoes), pasta was just alright.
I think this place really needs to step up the wine list. I expected more offerings with an Italian resto.The winerack at the bar was about 80% empty- even if it just a decorative piece, add some props so it has some sign of life.
We had creme brulee for desert and it was served in too large of a bowl, it was several inches deep. It clearly came straight from the fridge and the bottom half was too cold to enjoy- it didn't have the subtlety of different temps that you expect from creme brulee. It tasted like a vanilla pudding cup.
All said, I enjoyed the pizza enough to return, or maybe do a takeout order. I think this could be a really cute date spot in the neighbourhood if they decided what to do with the TV (hopefully leave it off), maybe put on some music, ditch the scented candles and let the food do the talking.
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