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| - Good food and wine, especially on a weekday before 5 pm ($5 wine).
First, if you're going to call yourself a wine cafe, have a good selection of wine to choose from. I think The Cheesecake Factory has a wine list with more variety. With that being said, I did find a couple of good wines to quaff on a 97 degree day, and the service from the bartender was great.
Second, if you're going to attempt to be a quasi-Italian restaurant, play good music. The music wasn't totally offensive, but it certainly didn't match the ambiance.
Now for the food. This place clearly prides itself on their bruschetta. Here are the 4 that I chose:
Roasted Peppers with Goat Cheese
Smoked Salmon with Pesto
Ricotta, Dates and Pistachios
Traditional with Tomato, Basil and Mozzarella
The bread they use is excellent. Perfect for bruschetta. My favorite was the salmon, and the roasted pepper one was quite delicious. I even enjoyed the dates and pistachio bruschetta, but probably wouldn't order it again.
Traditional brushcetta is an appetizer for which I measure any Italian restaurant. The fresh bruschetta here was way too salty, could hardly taste the fresh tomato and basil, which appeared to be fresh and of good quality. Why would you over-salt fresh brushcetta? Major fail, and one of the reasons this place is getting 3 stars instead of 4.
I may come here again though, I just know not to order the fresh bruschetta.
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