We used to eat Chef Kelly's food when she worked at Oggi, so we were excited to try out her new restaurant. Our friends met us in the spacious bar (large deck area too if you want to sit outside. They have a nice selection of drinks and Chrissy and Nicole took great care of us. I had their "new fashioned" made with Cleveland bourbon--very nice drink.
For dinner we stuck with traditional pasta dishes. Our server recommended the Bolognese sauce, slow cooked, lots of flavor. I could see Carmela del Busso's influence on Kelly's cooking.
We wrapped up our meal with delicious homemade cannoli and house made limoncello.
I am always happy to support local, independent restaurants and I am expecting this place to only improve as they work out some of the minor kinks. (I also hope they do some remodeling to make the dining room a bit more cozy.)