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 | 	- la distorsione di velocit, questo posto  stupefacente, anche per essere all'interno di un centro commerciale della striscia!
Translation: wow, this place is amazing, even for being inside a strip mall!
Yes, I love Italian Food, I'm like Tony Soprano, sitting around the table with my "crew" drinking wine, eating pasta, talking about dried meats, fresh tomatoes, and those peppers, forgettaboutit...... Italian food done well always conjures up images of my trip to Venice, and Northern Italy. I guess you can't really appreciate a cuisine until you stay in the country of it's orgin and experience the way Europeans cook only with local ingredients. Of course they have to import items, but they try to use local produce, meats, cheeses, wine etc. It adds so much to the experience to know that this tomato "yeah I'm talking about you" came from down the road from a village garden. I feel like the U.S. has lost it's connection to food. We think that we have to rush to eat something, grab a sandwich, eat in our cars, drink SOUP OUT OF A PORTABLE CUP!. Oh, and don't get me started on the yogurt on the go.  Having experienced the European style of eating several times in several countries, I appreciate a place that can capture that even if it's in a strip mall in Meza AZ. Now the owner is from Italy, and NYC, so he has kept strict to his roots and is a great restaurateur  and host. Charming, and funny, he made our meal even better. The food was superb, and the atmosphere was classy, yet not stuffy. It had the feeling of some mob movie, when someone walks out and gets gun down, I suddenly felt like the AL Pacino in the Godfather.  Either way, I would take a bullet to eat here, as long as it was in the leg, or arm. The Cheese cake is worth a bullet, its creamy, like nothing I have tasted before. For the entree I had duck, it was a tad bit dry, not the highlight of my meal, but the Prosciutto and melon, and the Calamari, was to die for (literally) Nothing like salty dry meat with fresh fruit. Yum! Wine, and champagne, a nice touch.... appena vada e mangi qui...
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