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| - I wanted to like Tria Terra, I really did. I love being proven wrong after reading Yelp reviews, but it just didn't happen this time. I had purchased a Groupon (Livingsocial?) a while back and it was about to expire, so I figured we'd better check it out. We tried to eat there a week before we actually did, but were told by the hostess, after discovering we didn't have reservations, that "We are all booked. Well, it might be a couple of minutes." To which I replied, "Oh really? Like, how long?" And she said, "Well, like an hour." Um, no thanks.
So a week later, I made reservations and we were seated promptly. The service was actually very good and our server was helpful in making recommendations and answering weird questions I thought of. They were also very good about attending to my random weird food issues (ie - my hatred of onions). Unfortunately, the food itself left a lot to be desired...even after a bottle of wine.
We had the calamari (ordered fried, received grilled, tried it anyway, it was rubbery), the meatballs (overcooked, sauce needed a bit more salt and overall flavor), stuffed zucchini (stuffing was very good, zucchini was a bit undercooked for my taste) and the chicken and potato croquettes (Delicious! If they didn't have pesto sprinkled all over them, really distracted from the flavor of the croquettes and the sauce they are served with).
I want to like Tria Terra, truly. The atmosphere is surprisingly cute for being in a strip mall, but the food just doesn't warrant another trip.
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