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| - I've visited this Mercatto about five or six times; while my experiences with the food have ranged marginally in quality, the service, ambience, and general quality of the experience have been reliably good.
The meat and cheese boards are mix-and-match, feature lots of Canadian selections, and have never disappointed. The fresh pasta dishes are the standout for me --goat-cheese ravioli, spicy tagliatelle, etc. Their specials can be worth the gamble--a fried sardine appetizer was a memorable addition to a meal a few months ago.
I've never had even questionable service at this location. A complaint about a too-charred pizza yielded a comped entree, and free desserts with wine--pretty generous for a non-dire complaint. It's also got a significant dining room, so getting a table has rarely been a dinnertime issue.
Overall, Mercatto is far from being a runaway mouth adventure, but it's consistently good. I think it's wise to value the "nice dependable guys" of the restaurant world lest we find ourselves stuck at home whining about why all those exciting rebel restaurants never take our reservations anymore.
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