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| - Caffe Boa offers up a really good meal, but a couple of things fell shy of making it great. Still, my girlfriend and I enjoyed a lovely dinner with another couple. The quality of the food is pretty high, which means the prices are as well, but we had a local dine (http://www.localdines.com/?ref=19485) giving us $20 off of $40. Great deal.
We started with a pitcher of Sangria and a three cheese plate. The Sangria was half price, but very disappointing. The fruit and wine were mixed at the table. That means the fruit was not soaked in the wine and it didn't have an ample opportunity to absorb its flavor. The cheeses were fantastic. All were served at the right temperature and the bread they were served with was amazing. The waitress also screwed up and bought out a wrong cheese, so we got an extra. Score.
I had the chicken scallopini Milanese. It was perfectly breaded, and served with a wonderful garlic bean puree. It was also covered with arugula, goat cheese, red pepper and cucumber. It was kind of like a greek salad covering a schnitzel. Good, but not really Italian. My girlfriend had the agnolliti boa. Ravioli stuffed with mushrooms and covered in an awesome tomato cream sauce. I didn't try them, but the voodoo penne and goat cheese ravioli were ordered, and there weren't any complaints.
We tried a tiramisu for dessert. A board on the wall with the specials said it was "award winning," but much like the Sangria, it was very disappointing. Too much coco powder on top and more of a bitter than sweet flavor. A less than stellar dessert is forgivable, but it should be a crime for an Italian restaurant to serve a bad tiramisu.
The ambiance is also good, but a little off. The wall decorations and the brick go together quite well. But then there is an out of place table dead center of the restaurant where pictures of water are sitting out. I get that this makes it easy for servers to get water to the tables. But it just looks so odd. And that board on the wall looks like a chalk board, which takes away from the high class ambiance.
Caffe Boa is just a couple of flaws away from being as good as it gets. But despite those flaws, I highly recommend it.
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