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| - I wasn't expecting it to be amazing, as I know it's a "faux-talian" chain restaurant, but actually, the food was largely abysmal.
We ate:
Caprese Salad - overripe, mealy, watery tomatoes with not enough oil and balsamic (maybe watered down by the tomatoes?) and some decent bocconcini cheese.
Calamari - this was actually pretty good, with a nice non-rubbery texture and crispy exterior.
4 oz grilled chicken breast special - dry and bland with bland, watery green vegetables (rapini, green beans) that really needed some fat and salt on them.
Chicken parmaggiano - a relatively tender chicken breast dredged in greasy breading and topped with way too much melted cheese. Served atop thick, over-cooked linguini with bland tomato sauce. Pasta had the texture of that pre-cooked stuff that comes in a bucket and you run hot water over it.
Rack of lamb - lamb was okay (overcooked from our specifications of medium-rare) but served atop watery, lumpy mashed potatoes with a side of bland green beans.
No complaints about the service, but man was that food awful. For a city with such a huge Italian population, this really was a disappointment. Will not return.
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