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| - This was an excellent little Italian place that I just tried for the first time, (and by little, the total capacity inside is listed at 46 people, but they do have outside seating). The decor is a little kitschy, but it does give it a feeling of home I suppose (there seemed to be a theme of elephants for some reason that really stuck out to me). Appropriate service, which was prompt but not too much conversation with the owners wife who was acting as our server, with complimentary bread with mozzarella and marinara sauce to start (although the standard bread in the regular bread basket was a bit stale). For an app I got the arrancino (fried rice ball with peas and meat on the inside, with marinara underneath), which was good but not as authentic as I would hope: they used medium grain rice instead of true risotto (short grain arborio) rice as traditional, and they tried to bring it more upscale with what seemed like it may have been prosciutto on the inside: I would have preferred the traditional chopped meat in tomato sauce on the interior instead. So good, but not quite what I had hoped for.
For dinner I had the parmesan encrusted salmon with shrimp special, which came with veggies and a side of pasta, and my sister got the linguine alla vongole (linguine with clam sauce). My salmon was good, of very good quality but slightly overcooked, but that was my own fault as I had not remembered to order it medium rare, with an ideally cooked shrimp on top. Flavors went very well together along with the sauce, although my pasta side was penne in marinara, whereas with the fish pasta a olio would have made more sense. The veggies were steamed absolutely perfectly, and the sauce for the salmon was generously applied to them as well helping to bring the dish together. The linguine with clams was a very generous portion size, with enough garlic in it to give it some kick (as well as just a hint of crushed red pepper, as it should be).
For desert we ordered a cannoli, and instead of one large one, they brought out two mini cannoli so we could each have our own: these were very good, with the shells having just a hit of cinnamon, with very good consistency on the filling: they definitely used ricotta instead of mascarpone, which is how I grew up on cannoli...
To finish the meal the owner brought over a couple of complimentary amarettos, which really was the perfect finish. Friendly service, not too crowded (we didn't have to wait, but we took one of their last empty tables inside), and good, well balanced food: I will definitely be back!
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