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| - Overall, my group had a positive experience at Scaddabush. Service was very friendly, thoughtful, and reasonably patient and attentive (we had a medium sized group which experienced difficulties coming to a consensus as to what to order; I also broke a plate, whoops). We ordered the buratta, a couple of sociables, a pizza, and pasta.
The buratta was lovely and I would say is a must-order; I only regret not ordering the bomba buratta which is its larger brother that comes in a spicy pepper/tomato sort of hash in a cast iron pan. The calamari and polenta tots were good, and satisfied my craving for fried food. The bruschetta wasn't terrible and was actually attractively plated--- however, I found the balsamic glaze a little too much, and overwhelming the other flavours I expected of the other toppings on a bruschetta. The same could be said for the diavolo pizza, which I expected more heat from (at least that's what I thought it should be for something named after the devil)---the crust was acceptable.
Special mention to our waitress who without being asked, tried to split two of regular-serving pastas into two plates apiece (we tried to arrange the bill splitting when we ordered); in hindsight this made our lives more difficult as we decided after the fact that we would split all our pastas four ways, whoops again. We shared pesto pollo, shrimp spaghetti, fettucine capri, and lobster spaghetti. All were memorably delicious except perhaps the lobster spaghetti for which I would not order again; the lingering fishy undertaste, to me, indicates it was no longer fresh. The noodle itself had an acceptable bite to it (but then again, I'm rather indifferent to al dente pasta). Would love to try the spaghetti with stuffed meatball with Sunday sauce, the bolognese, and the ravioli the next time I visit.
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