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| - To echo R.B.'s comments, I would say that Cellar Door is a solid 3.5 stars, but could easily be bumped up to 4 or even 4.5 with a few operational improvements.
Our waiter, Zach, was very attentive, charismatic, and super funny. Thumbs up to him for making our experience great!
To start, the lot of us got a pizza, octopus, and scallops. The pizza was phenomenal, the octopus had a nice grilled taste to it (and wasn't overly rubbery) and the scallops were tender and juicy. The portions were small, but hey! It's an appetizer!
For a main, I got the papparadelle with pork loin. The pasta was perfectly al dente, but I would have probably reduced the amount of meat in the meal (there was more meat than pasta!) and added more salt (unless the restaurant is catering to a high blood pressure crowd.).
The cannoli cheesecake was delicious! Great combo. Small, but again, we were so full we were practically rolling out of the restaurant. Not too much sugar in the cheesecake either.
Complaints: the mains took a LONG time to get to our table. Between dessert and the bill, it took us an hour to get that transaction done, which was really strange. (They seem to only have one credit card machine?) Thankfully, we were in good company so that didn't matter so much, but I would recommend that Cellar Door 1) amp up the salt content slightly 2) get another card machine 3) figure out timing a bit better, 4) get more wait staff other than Zach (he seemed to be serving the entire restaurant!). With these amendments, this place would be perfect!
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