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| - I've been here at least a dozen times over the years (wow, the first time was nearly 10 years ago) and have always put off reviewing it, anywhere. But here's the skinny:
* You will have to wait. Expect to wait. Expect the wait-time to be longer than you were told. Be patient. Hey, there's been a bar next door for a little while now. Go have a few drinks. Food tastes better anyway with the aid of the Booze Goddess coursing through your veins. Trust me, they'll find you.
* Do not be put off by the perceived rudeness of the staff. They're overworked and get lots of impatient, pushy idiots everyday (not you, of course. Other idiots). Also, it's more "authentic" that way. If you don't like it, don't go to Italy. Basta.
* The food's good. Only twice out of the dozen+ pizzas I've tried here was one burnt to the point of "inedibility". Bianco knows what he's doing. Let him do what he does. He uses the freshest ingredients and that's why you've waited hours to eat his food (i.e., it's worth it).
So, yeah. Get over it and eat. I've seen very little deterioration in the quality of the product over the years. And with the recent surge in diners over the last year or so since the Oprah bandwagon of minivans came over, that says a lot. This isn't one of those places where "the hype" needs to be taken into account.
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