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| - I wandered into Bar Italia last Saturday afternoon with a friend. I wanted to treat her to a nice lunch, and went for the Summerlicious Prix Fixe menu. It was definitely a disappointment.
I ordered
First Dish - Mushroom crustini, which was regular white or brown mushrooms that tasted like they were tossed in some balsamic. They were put over a crusy piece of bread. And that was it. Nothing else going on with the flavours, or the presentation - nothing! Just blah. And only two small pieces.
Second Dish - Stuffed pepper and goat cheese salad. This was a simple mixed green/arugula salad with 4 pieces of cooked peppers around the edges of the plate. These peppers were not "stuffed" at all, but rather they were small pieces of cold peppers folded over a small amount of goat cheese. Again, there was nothing going on inside the actual salad. The greens and a creamyish citrus sauce, and that was it.
Third Dish (Dessert) - Mixed fruit with lemon ricotta curd. How can this be underwhelming? Well, it was just two pieces of under-ripe melon and about 4 grapes with only about a tablespoon of ricotta mixed with lemon rind.
- Drinks. The cocktails were actually quite delicious and we got two each. I got a grapefruit one, and my friend got a coconut one. They are why I'm giving Bar Italia one star.
For this, I paid around $100. Sadly, this was a very disappointing experience. I left feeling kind of ripped off, and like their Summerlicious menu was for suckers.
- Lindsay
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