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| - The food here is EXCELLENT. If you love independent neighborhood joints that stress deliciousness over decor, this is a great place for you. It has maybe 10 tables jammed into a small dining area that creates a bit of a family feel between you and other diners.
Though it is BYOB, they are happy to provide glasses and open wine bottles. There is a listing on the menu for a $5 cork fee, though my table wasn't charged for it. So if you're taking wine, put a cork screw in your pocket or purse.
As for the food, it really was quite good starting with the bread and dipping sauce. Our party of four had the signature greens and beans, a meatball panini, a linguini with red clam sauce (which my wife said was the best she's ever had), a linguini with white clam sauce, and a gluten free pasta with pomodoro sauce and everyone reported their enjoyment of their respective dishes.
Sarafino's loses stars for a situation we encountered at the end of our meal. With several parties waiting to be seated, it was clear that the head waitress was encouraging our server to get rid of us. We were never offered a desert menu, had to ask for coffees, and suffer through a clearly exasperated head waitress verbally berate our server for allowing us to order it.
While the food was out of this world, the servers must be made to realize that they are every bit as important to patrons enjoying a meal as the quality of food they serve. I will return to Sarafino's because the food was that good, but if the servers bicker openly and make me feel unwelcome again, it won't matter how good the food is, I won't be back for a third time.
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