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| - Not really sure what all the hoopla is about for this place. Overpriced and food was mediocre - my local neighborhood Italian restaurant does better at half the price.
We ordered the sopressata pizza, the short rib pasta, and the lobster and rock shrimp pasta. The slices of mozzarella on the pizza wasn't melted on the pizza and was actually so heavy and still in it's original form that it slid right off due to its weight. The 'short rib' pasta that I had just looked, felt, and tasted like it was just ground beef. The taste wasn't anything memorable,until I realized it tasted just like Chef Boyardee (I went through a scary but so satisfying canned food phase in middle school). Pasta wasn't cooked all the way either. The lobster and rock shrimp was pretty good, but not a dish to order if you're hungry as portions were pretty small.
In essence, this is the probably one of the few places where I left food on my plate and didn't ask for a to-go box. Sometimes, I'll even ask for a box and just throw it away the moment I get home due to guilt, but I really didn't want to see it again. I literally have never felt that bad as I could imagine my tiger mother screaming in my head about how there's a bunch of other starving asian kids in the Phillipines or something to that effect.
If you're looking for great pasta, literally just take one step left and head to Scarpetta where the environment and service is actually wonderful or turn around and head down the hallway next to Jaleo and grab some awesome pizza. The next day I went to The Henry downstairs and even though the menu was more d cafe like, I wish I would have gone there instead of wasting my money here.
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