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| - I was fortunate to try Stagioni on one of the "Friends and Family" opening nights and I liked it so much that I went back 2 nights later! In fact I was scoping out the menu on that first night and figuring out that whatever we didn't order that night I would just get on my next trip in.
For me there was never a question of not liking this place, Barrington's and Good Food are my favorite restaurants in Charlotte and I knew this place was going to be on par, if not better because its Italian and I LOVE Italian food!! The design really is beautiful, from the floors, to the bathroom chandelier, to the cool picture spread out over the dining room ceiling, you can tell a lot of work went into making this place look good.
But the most important part, the food and drinks! I have only had beer and wine so far, prosecco on tap, how cool is that?? I like that there is a whole section of spreads, my favorite was the ricotta, I could have licked the bowl clean but that would have been inappropriate so I stopped myself. The red pepper and truffled cauliflower are good too, but the ricotta is just so creamy and light.
Arancini were delish, but how can you mess up fried balls of rice? The braciole was another standout, as was the meatball pizza, the brodetto and the fettuccine. But my new favorite thing in the whole world is the stracci, seriously I have been telling anyone who will listen to order this dish. It was homemade ribbon pasta, huge shrimp, and pistachios in a light tomato saffron broth. It was so amazing we were all fighting over who got to finish this dish. I know I am missing some things but I am sure you get the point, pretty much everything its delicious.
Finally, dessert. They have the pear skillet cake on their menu that Good Food used to have, its served with avocado ice cream and some salted caramel and its truly one of the most unique and delicious desserts I've ever eaten. I was so sad when GF took it off their menu so I was very happy to see it here. I also tried the zeppoli's and they were different than other zeppoli's I have had, much lighter so I almost felt like I was being healthy (haha) but still very good.
Overall, I was very impressed with Stagioni. Usually when a restaurant is brand new you expect to have a lot of issues with food and service but I had 2 great experiences and plan on going back again this week, I mean a girl can only go so long without her stracci!!
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