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| - Finally made it to The Parlor for dinner. I was waiting until it had been open for awhile and the hype had died down. Apparently it has not as it was packed on a Wednesday evening.
Thanks to Christina P for pointing out the herb garden in front. Very nice to know my meal was not made with dried herbs from a 5-gallon jar from Sam's Club, although I could certainly tell it was not. I really like the interior with the exception that the acoustics are terrible, and it is really loud. But since it's not a fine dining experience, I was not bothered by it.
We started with the meat and cheese selection, served with grilled rosemary flatbread. You choose your own meat and cheeses from a list at $3 each. I love that you can customize your appetizer and order as much or as little as you want.
Although they had some really appealing salads and pastas, I decided I should order a pizza. I went with the Smokey (smoked prosciutto, olive tapenade, and ricotta, topped with arugula). At $10 for an 8" pizza, it was not only delicious, but affordable as well. The combination of flavors was perfect. I really liked the pizza crust, but it was a little soft towards the center.
We ordered two desserts. One was the special, which was a dried fruit bread pudding. I'm normally not big on bread pudding, but I have to say this was really good. The other was the zeppole, ricotta fritters. I was actually expecting a ricotta filling. Instead, they were essentially small doughnuts made with ricotta. Still delicious and moist, served with cranberry and chocolate dipping sauces.
Service was decent, not perfect. I certainly enjoyed The Parlor enough to make the long 9-mile drive from home for this one!
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