I love old school, nostalgic restaurants. In fact, I get a little teary-eyed when I walk into places like Rico's because it reminds me of having dinner with my Dad. My fiance and I started off with a drink in the bar since it was Valentine's Day. Bar service was slow in terms of acknowledging us at the bar as well as bringing us our drinks. There were only 2 other people seated at the bar. We were seated for dinner. Service was very attentive--probably the highlight of the night aside from my glass of Nebbiolo. We opted for table side Caesar to start. Hellloooo garlic. Yowza. I love a good Caesar but I still tasted the garlic 7 hours later when I brushed my teeth. We ordered the Roquefort filet and the Chicken Piccata. The filet was good, not great. The Chicken Piccata was the most disappointing thing I have ordered in a restaurant in years, and I LOVE chicken Piccata. The chicken is poached and STARK WHITE in color. Not appetizing-looking at all and it was extremely bland. Had the capers not been on the plate it would have had no taste at all. The saddest part was 1/3 of my fiance's baked potato had a huge black section on it. He grew up on a farm, and he recognized it as a big block of mold in the potato. How could that happen? The side of pasta with pink sauce was just okay. In all, we were very disappointed in our experience at Rico's and it pains me to say that because we were so looking forward to having an old school, special dinner together. Major bummer. Valet parking was excellent.