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| - I went in here with high hopes, the wife had raved about this place so I thought it would be good.
It was not to be, it gets 2 stars only because of the physical side of the place, it is a great place to have a meal, it's just a shame the meal could not do it justice.
For a start, the Charcuterie board, this was something the wife raved about, honestly, I have no idea what she must have been smoking on previous visits, this board really set the tone for the whole meal, bland.
I had the Pappardelle, it's obvious that they use quality ingredients and yes, I am a fan of letting the ingredients be the flavors of the meal rather than loading it with spices, however, there was little to no taste in the dish.
We also shared a short rib, a dish I love, again, bland, I would have thought that something was up with my taste buds, had we not eaten at La Cave the night before which showed they were working fine.
The service was good, though the diet coke got to stand empty for lengths of time which really was a pain due to one overriding thing, about 10 minutes into the meal the heating kicked on and did not stop, waiters sweating everywhere, guests sweating (one of our party actually left) and even after speaking to the manager, who for some reason decided it was below her to come to the table where the party is taking a good run at a $1000 tab, so the wife went out to talk to her, the heat remained on.
On that point alone, sorry Giada, you failed.
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