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| - We decided to come here for lunch a couple of weeks ago during a weekday. It's a small place but seems to serve authentic Italian. After a late night of drinking, we were looking for he heavy stuff. They offer a small lunch buffet but I wasn't interested, it wasn't too impressive with a dry tray of lasagna, some veggies, and fried potatoes. The cashier was very nice and helpful.
We ordered a fried calzone, gnocchi with butter sauce, and a chicken parmesan plate. The fried Calzone came out piping hot with complementary garlic focaccia, I would have never bought the Calzone had I known they provided carbs free of charge. I was pretty much full when the brought out the gnocchi and chicken parm. I sadly was not too impressed. I love gnocchi but this dish was drenched in sage butter. I couldn't get through all of it without having a heart attack, I eventually had to drain out all of the butter to make the gnocchi somewhat edible. A marinara sauce or alfredo sauce would make the dish edible at the very least. I also didn't like the chicken parm, the marinara sauce was soooo bland. I had to douse the dish with red pepper flakes, garlic and dried oregano which were provided near the drink dispenser. Basically, our meal wasn't as satisfying as I had hoped it would be.
The Calzone was my favorite part of the dish and the service was my favorite part of our visit to La Fornarina. I may try this place one more time for accuracy's sake.
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