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| - As a big Scott Conant fan, I was super excited to try Mora Italian! After watching him cook and critique Italian food on TV for years, I had high expectations for his restaurant. Unfortunately, Mora didn't live up to them and wasn't the life changing experience I imagined. The whole experience was a little too basic. The decor wasn't particularly unique, I felt like I could have been in any new, halfway trendy restaurant. As far as the food, to start we ordered, the polenta. With it's mushrooms and bacon, it was the most flavorful, and my favorite, item that we ordered. We also ordered the arugula and goat cheese salad. Like the decor, this item was very basic; I felt like this salad is on every restaurants' menu and there was not anything special nor interesting to it. I was really looking forward to my pasta choice, pasta al pomodoro, with a side of meatballs. The table next to us said it was the best of the three pastas they tried, and our server recommend it! However, it was just okay. This pasta does not even come close to the similar pasta at Chris Bianco's restaurant, Tratto. But I must say, I was really impressed with our server's knowledge of wine! I picked my first glass and at his suggestion, I agreed to let him pick my second glass. I told him what I was looking for and his wine pick was spot on and exactly what I wanted!
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