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| - This place is a winner! From the food to the decor to the ambience, this is just a great place. It's lively, nice and delicious. I definitely recommend making reservations. I arrived at 7:30 with reservations, the place was half-full and within 15 minutes there was a wait, so definitely make them if you can. On to the food...
Ever taste something so good you giggle a little? That was the cauliflower. I almost ordered bread to sop up the leftover oil and fried capers. How do they say, it's "lick your plate clean" good? Light breading, super crisp, soft in the middle and a pure flavor explosion! The fried capers are a great touch.
Me and my girlfriend shared two pasta dishes(the pasta is made fresh there); Cacio E Pepe and the Rigatoni Carbonara. I didn't post pictures because there's plenty of them on here of both. Cacio has always been one of my favorite pasta dishes because how simple and flavorful it is. Main flavors are parmesan and fresh black pepper.
The Carbonara was outstanding. Carbonara has always been one of those pasta dishes that you can easily mess up, but they do right. You can really taste all the ingredients down to the egg yolk,, but for me it was the guanciale that really sets this dish off; salty, smokey and super crisp.
For dessert we had the panna cotta. This was a super inventive version of panna cotta. Fresh strawberries, cubes of pistachio cake, rhubarb and little dollops of some kind of basil oil. I don't know if it was an oil or some kind of extract, but it was a great contrast to the sweet and creamy flavors.
Can't say enough good things about this place. I will definitely be back to try some more dishes. It is a lively dining experience, a bit loud, but I enjoyed that. I even loved the dishes they use. The place is artsy meets rustic.
The service was also good. I can't remember his name, but he was very friendly, attentive and was enthusiastic about the food which really helps with the experience.
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