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| - Okay, regardless of the review mix I was all set to really like this place. I had a great experience at the place the owner used to own downtown and boy I was primed. I even took some friends and the father is Italian so I could make sure I had an even perspective but at the end it was sort of...eh, okay, but we've both had lots better.
The restaurant is right in the same shopping center as the Trader Joe's near Camelback avenue in North Phoenix, and that is a pretty cool place. The restaurant is set up as a sort of casual rustic italian sort of place, like the ones I've seen in Naples and that is a nice bit of Italian drama theater, though taking it to the point of serving the wine in small water glasses, a little too authentic. If I'm going to buy a decent bottle of wine, give me a real wine glass. Sorry if it blows the mood but its not the same without a decent wine glass.
I started out with the watermelon and fennel salad, as it seemed it would be cool and refreshing for summer and while it was okay, a bit warm for my tastes, I would have liked it a bit more chilled...wait...sorry, review unfinished and that was a few weeks ago so.....lets just say, relative to the price, I didn't think it was all that great, nothing I had felt like this place was worth a second visit.
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