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  • Its been maybe 7+ years since I last visited and I always remembered this as a distinctly average place with a cutesy decor. However the food here was so bad tonight (Christmas eve) that is unlikely that I will ever return again. I've had better Italian food at an Olive Garden. The "mouse trap" which brought the family into this mediocre establishment after all these years was a Bucca $50 gift card given to me by a business associate. After reviewing the menu it struck that prices here seemed sky high - even considering the family style platters. Most pasta dishes averaged $20 for a small plate and $30+ for a large. The selections are all the typical Ameri-Italian fare you might expect - chicken parm, spaghetti and meatballs, Marsala, etc When we were seated we did the obligatory walk through the working kitchen to the dining room - gee what a clever novelty. The fact is that if your seeking this type of food experience, the Maggianos chain is far (far) superior to the lousy food being heaped at customers at this crummy restaurant. We ordered the the Mozzarella Caprese to start - pretty simple. When the dish arrived we all noticed that the sliced tomatoes all looked rather unripe. These looked AND tasted like the cheap tomatoes you might get on a $2.00 burger at McDonalds - certainly not at a moderately priced sit down restaurant where your average bill for 4 is probably $100 or more. Needless to say the Caprese was a big letdown - low grade olive oil drizzled over pink tomatoes with generous sprinkles of salt & pepper. We also ordered the $8 garlic bread basket -another massive dud appetizer which tasted like the bland & doughy "assembly line" French loaves you might get at a Safeway market in a foil bag. Little garlic to be found, stale tasting bread - no one liked it. Yelpers let me ask you - even with the supposedly kitschy decor if the food is no good than what is the point? This whole Bucca concept is so cliche with the endless looping Frank Sinatra/ Dean Martin music and goofy photos throughout. Why is this place so busy? Mystery! Oy vey this place is like Outback Steakhouse but with Italian food - a genuine mystery, especially with so many wonderful and moderately priced restaurants nearby. What is the draw here? Our waiter was Paolo (who was trying mightily to come off debonair) took our orders and his service was adequate. We ordered the chicken parm and a penne with vodka sauce. When the plates arrived we all found that the chicken was over-breaded (the breading was literally dripping off the sides of the chicken) with a deep fried taste & consistency, way too much gooey cheese and very little sauce. Just plain yuck. The penne was just too spicy and too creamy for a rosa sauce - again just meh. Total damages with one beer was about $90 including the gratuity. What a joke right? No one liked the food and it pretty much ruined our evening. We all talked about the bad experience here for hours after leaving - that is the kind of impression it left. Even with our $50 gift certificate we all felt like we were taken to the cleaners with the awful food here. Why spend big $ here for so-so food when there are a plethora of great places nearby that actually care about serving quality food? Note to self - avoid this place at all costs.
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