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| - We went to Providence Cafe on Saturday night after finding that everything else was completely booked and/or had over an hour wait. Thankfully (for us, but not them), Providence Cafe only had a 15-minute wait, which actually turned out to be about 2 minutes as we began to order a drink from the bar.
The dining area was very clean and nice, but without a lot of ambiance. I think they're trying to go for a "modern" look, but it's not quite there. Almost, but not quite. The lighting is also a bit brash (i.e., not very intimate).
For starters, we tried the bacon wrapped scallops. They were delicious jumbo scallops, but for the two of us, we got three. I think they should consider making it four scallops so you don't have to cut the third in half to share!
For entrees, I ordered the blackened chicken penne and my partner ordered the angel hair primavera. Although it had a lot of good ingredients in it (kalamata olives, artichoke hearts, spinach, etc.), he said the angelhair primavera didn't have a lot of flavor...other than garlic. It was lacking spices and "zip." On the other hand, my chicken penne had a LOT of spicy flavor to it, but the gorgonzola cream sauce was very runny and not too gorgonzola-y. In fact, I didn't taste any gorgonzola at all. Either there was little to none in it or the blackening spices overpowered it. It was still very tasty (and spicy!), but not very creamy.
All in all, we enjoyed dining at Providence Cafe, but it's not someplace you'd say, "Hey--let's go to Providence Cafe!" with enthusiastic rapture. It was very convenient to go to the Manor to see a movie afterwards, though, the pricing was reasonable, and the portions were just right to feed a hungry appetite.
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