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| - Two strikes and one star for this less than stellar reinvention of the wheel. I was regular at Terra Rosa before the remodel...and was really looking forward to a fresh new face on good bones. Sadly, they only thing that is well done is the interior design. Its beautiful and chic but ends there. My first attempt was "grand" opening weekend, Sat. around 8-9.. headed in for a long awaited plate of pasta, and the sour faced host says they are no longer serving food and over capacity..???? huh? the place is half empty. Id just like to sit at the bar and have some pasta....uh no "thats not gonna happen" we're done for tonight come back tomm.... wow you dont have ONE plate of food left on opening weekend?...no apologies, not even a glass of wine, nothing. Strike 1. So I waited a few weeks for them to get it together and tried again. 1 Linguine Vongole, zucchini flowers, tiramisu desert, and $50 later, Im terribly terribly disappointed. All are not only my fave italian dishes but staples of the cuisine and should be served to perfection in a place with all these bells and whistles.
The Bad and the Ugly:
Linguine tastes like it came out of a sodium filled can.
Clams were the smallest I have ever even seen in my life. (caper sized, literally)
Zucchini flowers overstuffed with ricotta left nothing of the actual flower
Tiramisu was nothing but sweet, over sweet cream. I only ate half
And lastly but not least the bread.....EPIC failure. Italian bread is art and this was play-doh. Just a sad dinner roll away from wonderbread.
The people next to me at the bar were equally disappointed in their vodka pasta served over a flame, stating it tasted like rubbing alcohol and sent it back.
Overall this place should shut the kitchen down and reevaluate. BOOOOOOOO!
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