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| - I am positively bewildered by the negative reviews of this restaurant. Last night, we had a lovely, flawless meal here. A bottle of chianti for the table, a couple of appetizers: the crisp, and what I believe were fresh calamari; as well as the stuffed banana peppers, which was possibly the best dish of the night. Both were accompanied by what was obviously a homemade, well-seasoned tomato basil sauce. The entrees ordered were eggplant parmigiana (a decadent, crisp, and fluffy six layer affair), veal parmigiana (lightly breaded and tender), and penne arrabiata (which arrived steaming hot, with sliced black olives, and a spicy tomato cream sauce). The simplicity of the dishes hardly means that Trattoria serves clunky food. While the prices are similar to those at national chains specializing in serving goopy, depressing, 4-cheese messes, the dishes at Trattoria are unfussy, straight-forward, and well, damn good. The chefs at Trattoria allow the ingredients to really shine for what they are, and if those ingredients were anything less than high-quality the result would be mediocre. That was anything but true of our delightful meal. The service was fast, helpful, and courteous (our waitress rightly suggested that we share 2 appetizers). The complimentary bread was delicious and fresh, served with diced tomatoes in garlic. I hope to return.
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