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| - Oops...! OK, our first meal @ il Capo was just fine, my daughter & wife had pizza and a salad = fairly good. I had an antipasto that I was told was made for two. Quite excellent except for sparsity of salami = 2 thin slices & 1 slice of prosciutto. A few nice olives and fresh but, not enough lettuce & greens.
Honestly, we looked forward to going back. And tonight, we did. "Oops" is perhaps the most gentile I can be. Tuesday night problems when not crowded? Hmm...!
I ordered the PAPPARDALLE BISTECCA, described as:
Ribbon Pasta, Sliced Beef, Mushrooms, Onions & Red Peppers In Tomato Sauce and I ordered it with extra mushrooms + sausage. The dish arrived piping hot with NO mushrooms {even though it's a main ingredient as described} 1 tiny-tiny slice of a corner of a mushroom... so much for extra mushrooms, huh? There was a hind of a diced onion - actually 3 hints, each about 3mm by 2mm and maybe 1mm thick? Oops? The sausage was quite excellent, as was the pasta. BUT, what happens when you order a main ingredient as extra and you need a magnifying glass and tweezers to find any traces? Oh well.
My daughter ordered a Buffalo Chicken pizza slice and she got it - even though it must have been made a week or so ago. She couldn't bite through or slice through it with a knife. Kind of like old door-mat? Heavens, the waiter was so prompt in replacing it - but, why serve it in the first place if not fresh? OK, she then ordered a chicken parm hero which arrived after the rest of us had finished eating. My wife had an eggplant parm hero. She said it was OK {nothing fabulous kind of OK}
A $50+ meal for 3 with no drinks or deserts ought to be a good bit better, or, even as described? Heaven knows there's tons of competition in Scottsdale for really good pizza & pasta. Tonight, I guarantee almost anywhere else would have been better with delayed, cooled, take-out. BUT, they took my money all-righty!
So, for a place that boasts quite the NY-Style Italian Pizza & Pasta, I have to say:
"Nah... nada, nope!" When the food is fresh, it is fairly nice. When it's not, or not as ordered or not as described in the menu... then what? You decide. And yes, I'm a NY guy who knows where most of the great Italian joints are in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Nassau & Suffolk, Southern CT, etc. I'll admit I've not driven to Staten Island often for dining out = just a bit too far away.
If you like small or moderate size salads...? They're great {just by no means abundant portions} Be sure to check your orders when they arrive - not fun to have to say or write.
It'll probably be a good while before we dare to try il Capo again - BUT, we will since we live nearby. I'd love to give il Capo 5-stars but, I can't even get half way there. Duh!
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