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| - Went there a couple of weeks back on a date. Romantic, in that there are candles - always a necessity for me - and at least at the time, holiday?) lights in the window. Service was fine: pleasant enough with no attitude, though I would say as expected i.e. largely unremarkable. Unfortunately, so was the food. I had the baked farfalle. It lacked texture - largely melted cheese on soft pasta - or a sense of freshness that one could achieve with spices (basil, oregano, hot pepper....) or even fresh tomatoes/vegetables fried/roasted and added. I tasted my date's linguine carbonara, and similar reaction. It's fine, passable food, but for a place specializing in pasta I'd expect much more.
As an aside, I've never understood why Toronto lags in Italian food with such a large Italian population One visit to New York city - memories still of fresh pasta with loads of garlic and sage and olive oil, or pizza with roasted onions and red peppers and fresh mozerella - will have you asking the same.
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