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| - Mostly Exceptional Food, Mostly Forgettable Service.
I've been wanting to come here ever since seeing this place featured on Food Network's 'Best Thing I Ever Ate.' We came as a party of 5 to include my parents, 2 year old son and wife.
We came in and the hostess was less than friendly. She asked my name then took us to our table without a word.
We sat down and waited much too long for our waiter. This became a theme throughout the night. He finally came by and simply told us the daily special and asked what we wanted to drink. I've been to many upscale restaurants around the world, and this would be unacceptable at any of them. He didn't take any time to explain the menu, how people normally order, etc.
The menu was divided into courses which led me to believe people ordered many courses. However, with the price of each dish this would get prohibitively expensive quite quickly. I asked the waiter and pointed out that people ordered at most 2 dishes and that they were not family style. I'd expect the opposite with authentic Italian.
The drinks took FOREVER to come out, nearly being outpaced by our appetizers! We didn't order anything outrageous: 2 bourbons neat, 2 martinis and some milk. The bourbon list was one of the most extensive I've seen in a restaurant, mind you I just returned from 3 years in Japan.
Our appetizers came out and were presented well. I ordered the creamy polenta into which the waiter scooped in fricasseed mushrooms. It had wonderful texture and taste; my wife hates polenta but loved it, even more than her butternut squash soup. It was ok, but had a Chinese five spice taste to it we found off putting. The bread and spreads were good and my dad enjoyed his Endive salad, despite the waiter giving it to my mom at first. Again, at this price point, unacceptable!
For the main course three of us ordered the spaghetti with tomato and basil and one got the short rib / bone marrow agnolotti. Both were mind blowing: must haves.
Two of us got chocolate soufflé for dessert; I got the bombolonis and my mom got the panna cotta. The chocolate soufflé had that nasty five spice flavor to it again. Gross! I was certainly not a fan. The bombolonis were a can't miss as they were filled with Nutella, although the banana gelato was an awkward pairing. The panna cotta was wonderfully fruity and refreshing. My mom got the best dessert for sure.
I would come back here for the spaghetti, panna cotta and bourbon list, and hopefully we'd get a better waiter.
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