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| - Oh Don, you're hanging on by the thinnest little thread. A few years back, this would have been 5 glowing stars. What happened?
I mean, I know a lot happened, you opened, then you closed, then you opened under a different name in a new location, then you opened back up in the old location. But the most important thing is you're back! And we were excited that you were back! You were the best! You offered great food at a decent price. Service was never your forte, but it was at least bearable. We brought people from many miles away to your restaurant because you were that good. On a lazy Saturday night we ordered your food and rented a movie and considered it a "perfect" night. On Fathers Day we brought Pops by to enjoy the lunch special because that's what he wanted...but things have changed...
So we came back, after so many years of loyalty there was no doubt that we'd be back. In the interim we hit up Mama D's and the food was great, tasted just like Don's. This time around, in the old, but new venue we ordered our traditional favorites. #1 on the list was the Fettuccine Carbonara. Back then, the sauce was better than some of the finer dining options in this city. So the excitement to eat this bowl of awesomeness was brewing. My frown was not turned upside down though. It was bad. Bad in nearly every possible way. The sauce was flat, tasted nothing like the "olden days." The bread prior to the meal became tasteless breadsticks. Gone are the days of Oil & Vinegar at the table. The meatball calzone we ordered had 6x's the amount of ricotta cheese to the mozzarella that was in there. The service was bad. It took a while to get a drink order in, then another 15 minutes to get salads, then another 30 minutes to get entrees. This was on a Friday night when the place wasn't even a 1/4 full.
Something has changed. The meal felt effortless, and that more than anything is what bothers me most. I don't know if the challenging ways of today's economy has gotten the best of ol' Don Antonio and his famous recipes, or if a new chef was hired, or what the heck happened. But whatever it is, I want the old Don Antonio's back, and I want it now! Do it right, or don't do it at all. This should be a one star review but Don has some street cred with me. I hope Don Antonio's returns to it's old glory, otherwise this guy is riding off into the sunset never to return again.
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