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| - Having owned a meatball themed restaurant myself (albeit on wheels), I'm torn about writing this review. Firstly, because I've been bitten by Yelp reviews, and as a restaurant owner, every review is taken personally and the bad ones break your heart. Secondly, I love Carla Pellegrino and her family. I wanted to give all the meatballs a try so I ordered the sampler platter, along with every sauce. Wish I had taken a picture. The presentation was just completely unappetizing. I had asked the server to pair the meatballs w/ the best sauce that he recommended for each. That wasn't done. The plate had 7 or 8 round blobs on it, no labeling. He went through what each was when he brought it, but I forgot before I started eating them. The sauces were presented on a second plate, again no labeling. We were left to fend for ourselves when it came to pairing the meats and sauces. There were other issues, but the bottom line is, after reading all the reviews here, this place needs some serious revamping. You can still call it the Meatball Spot and serve dishes that are "accompanied by" meatballs, i.e., spaghetti & meatballs, meatball sandwiches, meatball salads. Everything is a la cart and the customer has to think too much about putting a meal together. I just can't get behind serving a bunch of meatballs on a plate when they aren't good enough to stand on their own.
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