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| - We had family visiting for the holidays and took them to Sassi for dinner. We ordered a bunch of different dishes and I must say, almost everything was great.
The risotto was a big hit as were the olives, cheese plate (I actually came home and ordered a wheel of the midnight moon cheese it was so good), raviolo, lamb, mussels, scallops, roasted root veggies, short rib and pear butter cake. The only complaints I heard from the table were about the sea bass (not much flavor) and that the short rib was a little fatty.
My complaints are: The buffalo mozzarella salad did not taste like buffalo mozzarella. It tasted like a very cold and very firm fresh regular cow's milk mozzarella (and not a very good one at that), the red tomato slices on the plate were rock hard. The bread basket had a few slices of Italian bread - good bread but I'd like to see something a little better, some variety would be nice. I'd also like a pepper grinder on the table for the olive oil. The service was not great - it was slow, the kid was lost at times, the wrong food was dropped off at our table, and we had to get the check early because our server seemed to evaporate as the meal progressed.
I guess I feel this way about Sassi, it's cheap, the ambiance is fantastic, and the food is mostly very good. I wouldn't take friends that are accustomed to fine dining here but it's a pretty solid spot. I still say it's more of a 3.5 than a 4.
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