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| - My wife and I were in the 'hood after coming from a local business and were looking for a place to eat dinner. I had previously did a bit o' searching on Yelp and this place looked like a winner. So we checked it out.
As soon as we got out of the car, the beautiful smell of garlic wafted to our noses. Mmmmmm, heaven (if you love garlic!) It was a Wednesday night and when we got inside, we found it would be up to a 40 minute wait for a table. We put our names on the list anyway and checked out the other option: no wait, if you can find seating at the bar area. After maybe 15 minutes, a table opened up there, so we wound up sitting near the bar. No big deal--there was a TV on, which wasn't loud, and the bar crowd wasn't noisy.
A waitress came shortly and took our drink order.
Shortly, a waiter delivered a plate of their signature warm soft garlic bread sticks to our table. A delicious start to the meal!
We looked at the appetizers--several creative options. We ordered the Calamari Steaks fra Diavlo, which turned out to be about the size of steak fries, covered with breading with a spicy tomato sauce. The sauce wasn't too spicy, but we also asked for marinara. Both sauces were tasty. The calamari came out nice and hot to the touch, which kept them very warm, at least, throughout the eating. They were nice and tender. The only thing was I thought the breading could have been a bit lighter.
For an entree, I ordered baked cod with orzo tossed with spinach and sundried tomatoes. It was a large enough serving for 3 meals (yes, I took the rest home). The orzo, spinach and sundried tomato combo was colorful and tasty, and the cod was moist and flaky.
My wife ordered the strip steak with optional gorgonzola cheese melted on top. It came with a triple serving of mashed potatoes--the real thing with pieces of skin in it, plus a bit of blue cheese on top, and some broccoli. It was supposed to come with fried onion rings, but they weren't initially brought out. When we noticed them missing, we notified the waitress and she brought them as soon as they cooked up some more. I tasted them--the onions were nice and sweet. And my wife's steak was cooked just the way she liked it.
We made room for dessert, getting the flourless chocolate cake, which was like eating a wedge of not-too-sweet fudge. It was served with strawberry sauce and whipped cream. A chocolate-lovers dream!
Throughout, our waitress was very cheerful and, while the place was busy, she was available when we needed her.
Nice, fun, casual place, with some creative and different ways of cooking some of American favorites in food.
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