Even before it opened this restaurant seemed odd. The location next to a Goodwill store in a run-down strip mall seemed like an odd choice. Even the name seemed odd for an Italian restaurant that was also open for breakfast, unusual for an Italian eatery. Located where it is it never seemed to be on the way to or from anything so I never had any motivation to go there.
Recently I was meeting up with some people and Times Square was suggested. Did I mention this place is odd? We walked in. No one at the desk. We walk further in. Oh good, a staffer walks right up. She then looks right through us and turns and walks away. We walk up to another staffer and she mumbles something about sitting anywhere while she was tallying a bill. The machine to do that is smack dab in the middle of the main entrance hallway.
Once we seated ourselves a server eventually came over. While slow, the servers actually seem to be pretty nice. We couldn't help but notice a big bearded guy (owner? manager?) with no personality who looked like he was having a panic attack. He stood there and glared a lot. Behind him was the open kitchen with a stack of raw meat defrosting out in the open on the counter. Not appealing. We look at the menu, agree that the prices are surprisingly high considering the location and overall ambience (or lack of it) and decide to pass on ordering food. We had coffee while chatting and left. No "thank you" or "goodbye" from the nervous manager or anyone else. Odd.