Let's start with the appearance...it's a cute little restaurant with a pretty nice little bar. One thing I noticed right away was the piece on the wall that was made of light bulbs by the front window and one was missing. It kinda stuck out and I wondered why they didn't replace the light bulb. Just a small thing but then I started looking around and noticed that there were quite a bit of lights out. Also, my table was being held in place with one of the server booklets to make sure it was balanced which I thought looked tacky but I guess better than having a table that rocks. It seems like management could easily fix these things with very little effort and make the place look a lot better. Now to the food. My girlfriend and I started with the beef carpaccio which our server recommended. It was EXCELLENT. The beef was very flavorful and had a lemon vinaigrette and fried capers that were outstanding - very well balanced and flavorful. The second dish we ordered was the goat cheese salad. It was a standard leafy salad with a crunchy piece of bread that had a lump of goat cheese on it. It was very average at best and just kinda lacked any real excitement. I guess that's kind of expected for a salad but then I guess it shouldn't be $12 and I wouldn't expect so much from it. The final course we ordered was the gnocchi. It was a homemade gnocchi with good density and was tossed with brussel sprouts. It was nothing to write home about and was overall pretty average I thought. The service in the restaurant was really great - our server was very attentive, recommended dishes when asked, very friendly, filled my glass when it was needed and I would rate her 5 stars. But, the food? I thought it was pretty average and pretty expensive to be just average...