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| - My husband and I dined at the bar at Pasta Cucina last Saturday night with two other couples. We did not have a reservation, and chose to eat at the bar rather than wait the estimated 20 minutes for a table in the restaurant.
I give two stars rather than one as the bartender/food server was friendly and accommodating in providing the upgraded wine list from the steakhouse.
The food was sincerely awful. The bruschetta, recommended by the bartender, had clearly been prepared hours earlier and placed in a cooler. The bread was cold and soggy, tomatoes flavorless. I ordered the pasta with chicken and artichokes, which came with a house salad. The salad was served warm, wilted, overdressed, and nearly inedible. The pasta was overcooked, the sauce bland, barely any capers. The chicken was dry, even while coated in the bland sauce. I was nauseous the remainder of the evening after eating 1/4 of the dish.
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