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| - This ambiance of place is hard to categorize. The building has a modern exterior, while the three floor restaurant is a mix of wood, leather banquets, 60s basket chairs, teak and leather upright chairs, country cloth napkins.... You get my point. It was disjointed. The same could be said of the clientele: young families with screaming toddlers, young hipster groups of guys and girls, first dates, date night, bar crowd. Speaking of crowds, was it ever! Not a table free at 6:30 on a Sunday.
However, it's rare that I go to a restaurant and after a quick glance at the menu not know what to order. Usually that's because nothing appeals to me. In this case everything on the menu was described deliciously and I wanted it all! Here's what we went with:
Apps: Fiddleheads (daily special), Tagliere di Formaggio, Frittura di Calamari. Fiddleheads were fresh and cooked perfectly but nothing really extraordinary. Cheese tray seemed skimpy for the price ($19) and it would have benefited from the house bread rather than the thin toasted baguette slices that came with it. The calamari had a lovely light tempura batter. It does not come with sauce, only lemon slices.
Mains: pappardelle alla iosa , rigatoni arcobalena, spaghetti al limone. Decent portions. Pasta cooked nicely. The rigatoni had the equivalent toppings to a Margherita pizza. I was looking for a lighter pasta and it satisfied. The zucchini added to the mix had a nice crunch to it. Others at the table similarly enjoyed their pastas.
Dessert: this might be the reason to go here. No dessert menu online. Ordered the croissant with gelato and whipped cream, butterscotch pudding with salted caramel sauce and Bombe (doughnut) with custard filling. Croissant big enough to share. Nice pastry and interesting combination. The pudding is for 1. And you won't want to share. The caramel was the perfect amount of bitter and the salty notes were heaven. The doughnut was large, hot, creamy, dreamy.
So overall Terroni delivers a solid rustic Italian food experience despite its confused identity.
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