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| - When I said I was going to Mercato for the first time last week, the most common comment I got from people was, "hope you like salty food!" Or "ask them to hold the salt, even then there will be too much of it." Salty food... got it... they weren't exaggerating. Mercato has the open kitchen concept down. And if you're sitting right at the bar, you can see the handful of salt going into each dish. It was especially apparent in the octopus appy we ordered. Although in my subsequent pasta order, I can't say it tasted too salty. It was actually quite tasty. But what was it? It's a week later and I can't remember. Pasta something... with meat... I know, helpful right? I tried to look on the website so I could repeat it for you, but alas, there's no menu posted there.
Best parts of Mercato:
- The bread! Seriously, your own little piece to dunk in olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Speaking of which, there are bottles of each every couple of seats.
- The olives. A little bowl for your very own right next to the olive oil and vinegar.
- The open kitchen. You can see EVERYTHING!
To improve upon:
- Put your menu up on your website please Mercato. Many of my friends want to peruse a menu before we decide on a place to go and will pick a spot where they can get familiar with the menu items before hand (especially when they've got eating or dietary restrictions)
- The salt really was excessive. I know a lot of this is personal taste, but when that was the number one comment I heard from folks, it turned up in a lot of the reviews I read AND it was my experience too? There might be something to that piece of feedback.
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