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| - I had a nice Valentine's Day experience at Timpone's. The decor is nice and impressively unpretentious for Champaign.
First off, I loved the rioja I ordered, some of the best wine I've had in a restaurant. The Caesar salad was pretty good. I was happy with the lobster bisque soup, which was sprinkled with bacon and chives, but it wasn't anything out of this world for $12. My girlfriend ordered the chicken clam chowder and although she liked it, I thought it lacked seasoning.
For the entree, my girlfriend got the spinach tagliatelle and again I thought it lacked seasoning. She thought it was perfect. I ordered the anatra (roast duck) came with Brussels sprouts, sweet potato purée, and cranberries with a sweet sauce. I generally liked it, but was disappointed that the Brussels sprouts were just boiled and sliced into fours (no seasoning/salt/marinade, etc).
We ordered the peach/blueberry crisp for dessert and it was pretty good. Overall, the food is good and the service was excellent, but I'm not convinced it's worth the prices.
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