I think I like this place... I mean I go there for lunch on occasion so that means I don't hate it, right?
But there is something about it that would make this my evening's 20th choice at best. At lunch, the staff seems friendly enough albeit a tad slow considering you're likely limited to how long you have for lunch if you work in the area. And I wouldn't kick some of their food out of bed (I do enjoy their crispy calamari and a few of their pasta) so what is it?
Well, should you go for post-work drinks with co-workers, the staff goes from friendly to irritable in a matter of seconds - like they're already anticipating a busful of teenagers on Spring Break who are there to cause a ruckus (the fact that I just used the word 'ruckus' proves I'm much older than your average teen... and lame to boot).
So, what did we all learn? Looks like 2 1/2 stars is more accurate but I'll round the rating up to 3 stars if only for their mushroom fettucini. You can enjoy a quiet lunch there but avoid going in a larger group in the evening -- looks like they don't care of that kind of patronage there.