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| - Just coming out of the movie theatre and hungry with no clear idea of where to eat. Cafepino was an easy choice so we wandered in for our first experience.
I liked the atmosphere, cool interior with some really nice music playing, appeared to be well-staffed although not too many patrons on this weeknight. Service was generally good, seems to be a family run establishment. One huge distracting annoyance was someone cleaning with a broom and dustpan (how could that be noisy??), but this gentleman successfully clunked and clopped in his cleaning duties THROUGHOUT our entire meal. Management was completely unaware. Not very relaxing.
On to the food:
First choice - lasagna - "no we are out". Waiter suggested spaghetti & meatballs and we bit. We were not impressed. The meatballs were okay, pasta & sauce not too inspiring, served with several breadsticks and nothing more for $14. Would have been a lot easier to justify the price if it was served with salad or veggies or something....
Caprese salad - no complaints here and the entire platter was devoured.
Homemade bread was offered for addtl $2.50. HUmmmmm, no thanks.
This place has charm and potential but what they offer for the price is no value. Spaghetti & meatballs (no sides), caprese salad, 1 soda = $30 before tip. It seems about 20% too high too me. For a casual stop with movie traffic, they need to reconsider menu and overall pricing.
Sorry Cafepino, there are so many other options in the area, I would not be in a hurry to return for a 2nd try.
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