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| - I bought two penny pincherz vouchers for here and 5 of us ventured out across the street :) (literally across from York U) to try it out! We made reservations for 6pm and were the only table for about an hour but the service was really nice, attentive and around 7ish the other tables started to fill in! They also have live music playing saxaphone/guitar, doing instrumental/covers! They have a wider range of wine, which I tried the pinot off my italian boss lol, good for a house white! Fpr apps we got two orders of calamari $9 each order, it was yummy, crispy, not super chewy and the batter stayed on the squid. The chipotle mayo type sause it was setved with was a hit with everyone. They brought out an amazing bread basket with olive oil drizzled over and some rosemary spice :) big fan
We also ordered the proscuitto and buffalo mozzarella $13 which they for got but brought it out with our meals, it was really great, drizzled with balsamic vinigar and sitting on a plate of mixed greens/cheese, the meat was roll around bean sprouts which added a nice offset to the meat.
The specual of the night was veal parmesan (everyone but 1 order this) with a side of penne, it was good, the batter stayed with the meat and remained crisp even with the sauce, doner very nicely! $24
My friend got shrimp/scallops pasta woth a sort of rose sauce $18 was a good portion and looked yummers!
For dessert we ordered almost everytype lol toffee/pecan cheesecake 6.95, creme brulle 6.95, chocolate raspberry tartofu 6.95, tiramisu 7.95! All but the cheesecake which tasted like freezer burn tasted like home made and amazing!
Decor was very white table clothes and glasses, but it was distictive because the chairs are wooden and multi color-red, green, orange, brown, and other colors! My italian boss' mom has the same ones in her kitchen so I'd like to say homey! The washroom was agreed by everyone to be very clean and nice! Only thing about the service is a few times they started to pick up our unfinished plates or not waiting for an answer before piking them up.
Also when the live band started it kind of got hard to chat, but you can always come early and then stay for the dancing :)
Tip they are closed for private events on saturday/sunday, would be a nice private venue, especially with the attentive servers!
I can say definitely authentic :) worth a try
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