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| - I've been to this restaurant two other times and thoroughly enjoyed it. I've written reviews and called it a "hidden gem." So, with great anticipation we invited our in-laws to share this great dining experience, except it wasn't so great. The bread knots were very good and the Caesar salad was good and large enough to serve 3-4. No complaints there. The rest of the family ordered pasta dishes that included sausage. They liked the hot spicy sausage but overall there wasn't much flavor and they said they would give their dishes a "four." That's not what I had hoped for. Then it came to my dish. I started with the veal cutlet with a Marsala sauce. The cutlet was an almost wafer thin veal slice that was breaded with something that reminded me of breading on something you would find in the freezer section. It was like a fine bread crumble, I'm not sure how to describe it. It just wasn't very good. The flavor was just awful. It tasted like it was cooked in rancid oil. I had my sister-in-law taste it because she once worked in a food research lab. "What is that flavor?" She didn't know but she would not eat it. A Marsala sauce, in most places has a very rich flavor but this was was extremely mild and flavorless. Usually when faced with a poor meal like this one I will just suck it up and enjoy the sauce and pasta, but the sauce was not very good. So, on this occasion I did something I have done only a couple times in my life (I'm retired, so that is a lot of years), I sent it back! I ordered Chicken Saltimbocca. My expectations were up, this would be great! Wrong! It too lacked flavor, very bland. The chicken was cooked well and had dollops of cheese on top but there was no other flavor. Usually the sauce and the pasta are the best part, but not on this night. There were no add in flavors like artichoke hearts, prosciutto, mushrooms sauted onions or olives. These will give flavor, but when you do not add these types of things and it is just the sauce, you really have to nail the sauce. The Marsala did have mushrooms but it wasn't enough to cover the weakness in the sauce. I have written a glowing review of this place before, but this was like I went to a totally different place. Was there a different cook? Did they change their sauce recipes? Because everyone else gave it a four, I will give it three stars. Based solely on my meals, I would give it a one. The people there are very friendly and I know they take pride in their restaurant, but it is unlikely I will return.
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