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| - I spend a lot of time on the North Side, so I'd been meaning to try this place for a while. My boyfriend and I went in on a Tuesday around 7:30 PM, and we were the only people in the house.
The food:
I tried a house special dish of the day - It was a blackened flank steak over penne with peppers, sun-dried tomatoes in a gorgonzola cream sauce. The dish was excellent, the right combination of sweet, salty, and savory, and the steak was on point. It came with a house salad that was a delicious blend of fresh greens with olives, peppers, tomatoes, the like. It also included grilled bread with a bottle of olive oil and Parmesan cheese for dipping.
My boyfriend ordered the Veal Parm, it also tasted great, but it was nothing outstanding.
Tuesday is there "Greens and Beans" for 99 cents special, so we also gave that a whirl. It was decent, lacked some flavor, but I wouldn't order it again.
The Staff:
Service was excellent, our waitress was attentive and answered all of our dumb questions. You can also see the cooks making the good, all around they seemed pleasant.
The Ambience:
We were not aware this was an "upscale" Italian restaurant; from the vibe, the name, and the decor, you'd think standard Pittsburgh food. True to the name "Legends" the walls were lined with your staple Pittsburgh sports news clippings. The whole place was tiny, so the tables and chairs followed suit. I would by no means have minded the ambience of the food matched the theme- but it was a $20 average plate place, and I would have appreciated the vibe to match. They also placed terribly loud, out-of-date pop hits I could have lived without. Even silence would be better.
All around, the food was great, not excellent, but overpriced for the setting and ambience. I would recommend and I may go again. Also, be weary - it's BYOB with a $4/person corking fee.
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