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| - I need to start with a warning... I have a love/hate relationship with Chris Bianco. I love his food, but hate his restaurants. This love/hate continues now with his new venture The Italian Restaurant.
My husband and I decided to try Italian Restaurant tonight. We arrived about 6:15, we knew from past experience with Bianco restaurants, go during the week and go early.
Note: It is tucked away in the Town and Country shopping center. You will not see any signage until you walk towards the restaurant area of the shopping center.
It is a tiny place with not many tables. There is a communal table. I despise communal tables. If I wanted to eat with random people I will join a commune. Anyways, I digress. So we were seated a small table for two. Now this is where the hate comes in. Small table next to another small table. ughh!!!
Also, if you are looking to have a conversation with anyone in the restaurant, good luck with that. Not only was talking to my husband difficult, I could not hear anything the waiter was saying. I can just imagine if it was that hard to hear on a week night what a weekend would be.
Next area of contention is the patio. Ahh this is what I love/hate of Mr. Bianco. Just like Pizzeria, there are seats on the patio but of course you can not order there. Just extra seats for waiting. Now this is genius from a noncomsumer side. Keep the customer comfortably seated while waiting, plus add some wine/beer to the mix. So even if the even customer ends up "peacing out" before dinner, you already made your money on the overly priced alcohol. GENIUS. (prime example Bar Bianco, next to Pizzeria Bianco). Now why I hate this. It could be used for more seating!!!!!! Less wait time. I dont know about you, but my time is just a precious as Chris Bianco's!!
Last complaint, the server was extremely rude. Not sure if he was having a bad night, but anytime I would ask a question or make a clever joke (ok maybe corny joke) he would give me the worse look or answer my question like I was dumb. THe menu is small and many different dishes, so questions will be raised. He also rushed us. I understand that there is a wait and they need to turn over table, but I want to at least feel relaxed, especially when paying higher prices for meatballs.
So why am I giving the restaurant 3 stars?? THE FOOD! It was awesome. Just when I want to have a reason to dislike Bianco, his food reminds me of why I am there in the first place. All 3 stars go to food. The other faults just are too much to be ignored.
We started with the house bread and olive oil. Bread is AWESOME. Does he need to charge $2 for it, probably not, but he knows that more likely than not you are going to cough up $2 for bread. Again, GENIUS!
I had the meatballs and polenta. It was delicious. Was it worth the price ($18) ehh not so much. But again, when in Bianco's restaurant expect to pay a little more
Overall, I plan on returning sometime in the distant future, just not tomorrow.
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