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| - Best dining experience in Pittsburgh during our short stay.
Bread - nice assortment of cold focaccia and cheese grissini (skinny bread sticks) served with two white bean spreads (kalamata and pesto). YUM.
Insalata Mista ($8). They split the salad without even asking (cool!) and the Frisee was topped with vinegary red onion strings, artichokes, and a roasted Roma tomato. Double yum with more bread. They also do a Caesar, a beet and goat cheese salad and an arugula, pear, and Gorgonzola salad (all about the same price).
Pasta - WILD boar ravioli (yes you have to say it with emphasis). Slightly sweet pulled pork in what was obviously homemade pasta sheets ($16). Interesting and good quality.
Second Piatti - Oven baked calamari ($17) dusted with breadcrumbs served over fava beans in a thyme, red pepper and escarole sauce. In a bite, both mild and spicy. Delicious!!!
No room for dessert. Friends ate the trio of pasta (no rave reviews here, much like other yelpers, which may be due to the fact that they obviously make larger batches and dish them out of the pan at your table... not ideal for al dente pasta, but a good value if you want to try more dishes). Cannelloni got a thumbs up, but two members of the group raved about the asparagus and crab risotto (which may have been seasonal).
We did not have to wait for a table. Service was prompt and friendly. Great ambiance. Delicious food at a very reasonable price considering the pastas were homemade. Lots of seasonal specials. Can't go wrong here (unless you do the trio of pastas, apparently). Thanks Yelpers for the tip before we went!
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