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| - As you can probably tell by the brevity of my original review of Fontanella, it was my first foray into Yelp. Now that I've got just a few more under my belt, I believe it's time to update my review and explain why I continue to consider Fontanella worthy of 5-stars.
I wouldn't say that Fontanella has an extraordinary elegant sense of aesthetics. It's very much decorated in the old-school Italian-American fashion: lots of fake ivy, knick knacks, and so on. The table clothes are protected by glass covers. It is, however, intimate in an old-school way. Also old school: they're closed on Sunday and Monday.
That's were my criticism of Fontanella ends; the rest is good stuff. Fontanella must be a decent place to work, since the members of the wait staff have remained pretty consistent over the year or so we've been going there. All of the servers we've experienced have been friendly and attentive.
The food is great. As others have mentioned, there's a lot of it, so either wear your stretchy pants or be prepared to take home leftovers. I especially recommend the fried calamari appetizer. All of the pastas are delicious, and anything with marsala sauce will be kickass. They do serve the salad dressing on the side, which is a fine dining no-no as I understand it, but I've never felt the need to get my knickers in a knot over it.
I have the feeling Fontanella will remain a standby for the foreseeable future.
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