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| - I came here for Ryan F's birthday, but also invited some fellow yelpers (Laura C., Vivian W., Simon C., and Alexey T) to Bar Italia. I looked at their website to preview the menu and it seemed like the restaurant offered a wide and tasty selection of Italian fare. I also glanced at their 'photo' section and noticed a round table - nothing irks me more than having people sit in one long table where conversations are isolated to your immediate left and right. Round tables invite everyone to the conversation and no one is excluded.
So, I reserved the only round table at the restaurant for 9 people.
Intro. I was the first to arrive and the hostess (also our waitress) greeted me very professionally. She asked if I was Charlotte, to which she responded it was a pleasure to meet me and handshake. She led me to my table, offered to hang my coat, and mentioned that Friday's were $6 martini nights!
WARNING! There are 3 coat hooks by the round table so that if you are the first one to put your coat on a hook, be prepared to have hundreds of other coats on top of yours. In other words, if you want to leave early, you will have to fish for your coat which I found not cool.
Food. I ordered the Buffalo Mozzarella salad which is nothing new or extraordinary, but if filled my hungry spot quickly. I also ordered one of their special's which consisted of Bucatini Pasta. I immediately thought that it was a play of Bucatini All'Amatriciana but I soon found out that it wasn't. While delicious, the sauce wasn't like the Sugo Amatriciana I remember tasting in parts of Rome. At the end of the day, the pasta was delicious, but it didn't wow me.
For dessert, Ryan F. and I shared the Panna Cotta but to my utter disappointment, it tasted like dense saffron. Next.
Service. The night was busy and I remembering the waitress apologizing for the extremely long wait because the restaurant had an unusually high volume of patrons. Now, I am not sure what to make of that excuse because first of all, reservations are an indication of how many people will be at the restaurant. A good restaurant will take into account how many patrons will be eating and at what time...no?
18% was automatically added to the bill of 8 or more. Although we were 9 in total, we decided to get separate bills. I paid for Ryan F and our bill for two came out to be $225 which is, in my opinion, expensive. To be fair, I added a bottle of Prosecco ($49) to my bill for the table, but to give you a sense - Bar Italia is not cheap.
Because there are restaurants a-plenty on College Street, I wouldn't come out of my way to eat here.
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