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| - The first thing you notice is that there is a bar that is like a giant aquarium in this well lit, plain little restaurant. Apparently that is how restaurant/bars can get around the new Nevada smoking laws. It did seem that there were smokers in the aquarium, and we, in the restaurant, experienced no smoking related incidents.
The staff was chaotic. We had a group of 7 including a toddler. Not the easiest group ever to deal with but...not too bad for an experienced server. We had an inexperienced server, buffered by a busboy and the manager/owner. All together, they made the experience go from bad to not so bad.
They have a great selection of microbrew beers as well as corporate domestics. However, our waitress did not know what they were (for example she listed Stone Brewery as one of their beers, when asked what beer it was she had to check...for each of the microbrews on the list). There was also no list of beers. The poor girl had to read all the beers from a list she made herself. I felt kind of bad for her but, I did want a good beer. Ended up getting Lagunitas IPA, a fine beer and the price was not bad.
The wine had a similar issue. Which was odd, most Italian places make such a big deal about wine. Again there was no list. When asked what the wines were, the waitress said there was red and white. It felt like I was in the Southeast! Finally the manager realized, sort of, what was happening and explained that they were redoing their wine list and were featuring one red and one white from an extensive collection until they finalized their choices. We ended up with an excellent Chianti at a great price.
I have an entire list here on Yelp dedicated to Chicken Parmigiana sandwiches. I ordered the meal, as I consider myself a connoisseur of them, and got a chicken parmigiana plate over pasta. I enjoy that meal also, so was fine with eating it. However, I did order a sandwich specifically. When I informed the manager of this she happily reapplied the charge for the sandwich instead of the pasta dish. In her place I would have dropped the meal entirely (6 meals, a bottle of wine, two deserts, beers and soft drinks would have been enough for a table0. However, her decision was fine also.
I would head back here, largely to see if there was any improvement with time or to see how hanging out in the bar would be. Apparently they have football on Sundays so perhaps next season.
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