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| - Caffe Boa used to be a great place, but not anymore. Not that it differs much from many of the other Mill Avenue restaurants that I've been going to for years. In addition to the amateur service that I've always received, many of the restaurants, including Caffe Boa, have become very stingy with the food. Remember the olive oil, parmesan and rosemary sprig with bread for dipping? Gone. Now you just get the rosemary sprig and think to yourself, "What am I supposed to do with this?"
Order a shrimp appetizer and get two pieces of bread (for a table of four), not enough to sop up the terrific sauce. Guess that's what the spoon is for. You can pay for more bread. Not one more piece of bread without paying for it! The server wouldn't think to just give us more bread and says that he can't even ask the manager to comp us some bread. No bread, no goodwill.
Order a nice dark beer. Oh, you wanted it to still have some head on it? Sorry, it's been sitting around too long.
Did you order ravioli and expect it to be cooked al dente? No, your butternut squash ravioli is more the consistency of Gerber squash in a jar.
Oh, and despite the fact that the description above lists Caffe Boa's cuisine to include "Italian," - it's not Italian, okay? Let's get this straight - it's Croatian. Well, excuuuuuuuse me! But Italy and Croatia are neighbors folks, last time I checked the map.
It's such a pretty atmosphere; too bad it's gone lame. Might as well just shoot it.
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