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| - Went for lunch with my husband. The place has a few tables, and you order at a counter and are served at your table. It's more of express meal kind of vibe, not for a relaxed slow lunch.
First the good things, clean, very large portions and reasonably priced. My husband'spizza (soppressata) was delicious, the crust was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, sauce was perfect. They asked if he wanted it spicy or mild, and he chose spicy, and it was a really good level of spice.
I got the rigatoni with slow braised beef ragu. I wanted a glass of wine to go with it and asked the server what kind he had. He looked confused and pointed to a cooler, so I read the bottles myself and made a selection. We sat down and waited, he forgot my wine and I had to go up and remind him. The wine is served out of a cooler that is adjusted for the type of wine and comes out of a tap on top like a soda fountain. Unfortunately my wine ran dry in the middle of my glass and started sputtering and splattering everywhere. Did he stop? Nope. Just kept going and tried to fill up my glass. Then changed out the bottle and filled them rest up and served me the dregs topped off with the new wine. The server seemed a little lost and flustered to be honest.
My pasta was ok. The rigatoni was recommended to me as the signature dish of the restaurant . The ragu was good, finely shredded and flavorful, the pasta was cooked perfectly. The sauce was bland. It needed salt, pepper, something. I topped it off with pepper and red pepper flakes, and it was much better.
All in all, a solid ok restaurant and a good amount of food for the price. Based on my experience, get the pizza.
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