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| - My fiance and I went to this restaurant after meeting up with some friends for coffee. This place looks deceivingly small from the outside. We thought it was just one level, it's actually three. Upon entering, we had a short wait (just a few minutes) while they made sure they had a seat for us. They brought us down to the basement, which had several intimate tables set up. After giving us our menus, they placed olive oil and vinegar dip with some bread. That bread was AMAZING. Nice and crusty on the outside and delicious light and fluffy on the inside. It wasn't breadsticks or french bread or anything like that - homemade they said and I can believe it. Just amazing. Did not need the dip at all. While munching on this delicious bread, we decided to order their Vegetarian Combo appetizer. This appetizer was eggplant baked with tomato, basil and Parmesan and a Greek salad. I'll start with the Greek salad - the dressing was perfect. Not too much and very light. The eggplant was, well, perfect. I don't know about other people, but I usually find eggplant hard to cook. It either ends up too tough and chewy or too mushy - in either case, just not palatable. (My fiance agrees with me on this and he tends to be more of an eggplant fan than I am). However, this eggplant was very well done. Nice and tender with the sauce being a wonderful blend of tomato, basil, and parmesan. I usually find myself having to wash down eggplant with a large gulp of water. I did not have to in this case. For my entree, I ordered the pasta Salubre under the "Healthy Pasta" portion. Now, I'm not a big fan of multigrain pasta, as I was reminded when I ordered this dish. I usually find it not as al dente as white pasta is when it is cooked. I have to admit when I first tried this pasta, I wasn't too impressed (it could have also been I was too full and wasn't enjoying the multigrain pasta). However, after mixing in the small dollop of goat cheese they had put top the plate, my mind was quickly changed.
I'll end this review saying that I usually do not give any place or any thing a full rating. Tutta Pasta Trattoria had wonderful food, the staff was very friendly, and the ambience was casual yet intimate. I look forward to going back to this restaurant.
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