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| - This place made me really happy tonight for two reasons: 1) It's like, a mile away from my house and 2) The food was ridiculously good! After 6 months of moving into the University neighborhood, it's great to find a solid place for Italian.
Walked in on a Thursday night around 8pm and was immediately seated. We ordered mozzarella sticks, cheese tortellini, and a NY Style Stromboli, all to share. Two Caesar salads to start as well.
Salads were good, but pretty much the only gripe of the night was that it appeared to have ranch dressing on a Caesar salad. Instead of light & complex, we got thick and fatty dressing. These were small side salads anyway so we took them as-is.
The mozzarella sticks were outstanding. Great, homemade sauce with a light fry on the mozzarella. No grease dripping from the food, such a relief. Big fan of the appetizer.
The Stromboli was quite literally a work of art on its own. They cut the pastry in such a way that made presentation a noteworthy part of dinner, check out the photos below! Assembled to order and cooked perfectly, this was one of the best Strombolis I've ever had. Fresh meats, cheeses, and tomato. I believe the sauce was the same as the one with the Mozzarella sticks. It'll be very difficult to order something else next time after trying this!
Cheese tortellini had a great, light alfredo sauce with homemade pasta joining it. You can add broccoli or mushrooms for $1. Pairing this with the Stromboli and splitting both was a great choice.
Pepsi products only, but after such a great meal I can't dock 'em for that. I did have a laugh when the radio station that was on in the restaurant played a very, very long Coca-Cola commercial.
Again, just happy happy HAPPY that they're so close-by. A huge success!
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