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| - If the opening of Fratelli on this long neglected section of O'Connor is any indication, then there should be a boom in restaurants and cafés here in the next few years.
After visiting a friend, we wanted to try this place out and sure enough, it was packed when we went in, which is encouraging. The host and waitress helped us get settled in quickly, and the waitress was very attentive the whole night, making sure to refill our water often.
One of our party opted for the vodka sauce penne which was reported as being rich, sweet and delicious. I had the Sicilian white pizza with sausage and hot peppers, while others had the Mediterranean pizza with olives and feta, and the Gaetano, a non spicy pizza with tomato sauce and sausage. The pizzas were all around $14 each and we also got four lamb skewers to share ($8).
The pizzas were very filling! The crust is fired on their wood burning oven, is thicker than most, and is rich and tasteful. Out of all the pizzas I would say the Gaetano was the best, with my Sicilian being a little too spicy to taste. The lamb skewers were delicious and juicy, but could have been a little bigger.
Fratelli is already establishing as the go to Italian place in the neighbourhood, which should help bring other much needed high quality restaurants to this area.
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