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| - *********Perhaps I overreacted. I've changed my rating from one star to two stars. This place is overrated, and not at all what it used to be, but it's better than McDonald's.
The wine list used to be incredible. The appetizers were wonderful. That is all in the past. The updated wine list managed to hack off a bunch of wonderful things (some great local wines for instance). Instead I keep seeing things from Croatia which are horrible. If you see the Croatian Zinfandel just let your eyes keep wandering. The prosciutto and melon is pretty weak, as is the cheese plate. Portions are small. Everything is over-priced.
***********Update*************
I've changed the review (although not the rating) after being told that Jay has owned it since day one. As I wrote him, I used to love this place. I went when it was in a tiny building further south on Mill Ave. And even a year ago I enjoyed it. I was under the assumption there was a change in ownership because of the nosedive Caffe Boa took in the last year. It's hard to imagine that an establishment could slip the way they have under the same management. As I wrote Jay, if I was rating Caffe Boa a year ago, I would have given him four stars. But they are not what they were, and they don't provide an enjoyable experience for me.
*******Another update***********
I sent the owner a message saying that I was apologized for saying this was a problem with new ownership when he has been there since day one. Here is his response:
Once again, I stand my my award winning wine list. It is one of the very best in the valley. We are not consistenly getting awards (including Best of for our wine list in NewTimes just last week) for "Horrible" wines as this person states.
Our food, wines, and hospitality speak for themselves. Come see why we are one of the best places to dine in the valley for yourselves. It certainly is easy to be negative in these open blog type sites, but we have been around along time, not for serving anything short of great. That's why after 77 reviews to date on Yelp, the average is 4 stars. People like this are not the norm of course.
My response to him is that he's right. His food, wines, and hospitality do speak for themselves. They speak volumes. My hope is that someday Jay can check his ego and listen to criticism from paying customers.
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