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| - I almost never go to the east side. It's my secret goal to become one of "those people" who never leaves the side of town where they live. HOWEVER, i went to dinner with my parents at maxi's because of my mom's claim on how good the food is.
she's right - the food is really good. i'm not a huge italian fan, but we had the calamari (allegedly the best in little italy, which i find to be a bold statement), the sauteed escarole, and i had goat cheese ravioli while the parents both had linguini and meatballs (or, meatbulbs, if you're me.) i had no booze, but moms had a glass of red.
i am known to totally stuff myself with bread and not eat any of my entree, but shockingly that didn't happen this time, though the bread is very good. i could have just eaten the entire plate of escarole, but that is mostly personal greens addiction. they are a little heavy, but if you split them around the table it's more than enough for three people.
the ravioli was good, though i had my heart set on carbonara. this didn't happen, sadly, because there was no prosciutto. i know, right? an italian restaurant w/o prosciutto? apparently it was a one-time thing, and i certainly hope so. the raviolis themselves were very good, the sauce was a little heavy for me but that's my aversion i guess.
we had excellent service - our waitress was super accommodating and helpful. no complaints there whatsoever.
definitely a recommended spot out of the many options in the neighborhood - there were plenty of septuagenarian local dudes hanging out at the table next to us gabbing and that was definitely entertaining.
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