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| - Living with a guy that is practically an Italian chef himself, you would think I would be ready to bomb this place like British bombed the Italian fleet at Taranto in 1940 with Swordfish bombers. Such was not to be the case, as the Italian owner acquitted himself nicely in the face of such grim history. Let's face it...the military history of Italy lends credence to the statement they can cook but not fight.
We arrived on a Wednesday night and the place was fairly empty, just a total of four tables were occupied. We were quickly ushered to our seats and perused the menu, which consisted of too many varieties of spaghetti at about $12.95 each, inter alia (that's Latin for "amongst other things"). I finally settled on a meatball panini for $7.95, being budget conscious and all, while my dining companion selected the eggplant parmesan. He also ordered the coffee, which turned out to be fantastic.
Salads soon arrived at our table, followed by tasty bread which we dipped in oil. But, there was no vinegar, and we both commented on this failing. The salad wasn't bad, but it wasn't great.
Our entrees followed very quickly thereafter, and I munched into the large bread wrapped "torpedo of bread" (continuing the military theme of this review) filled with large meatballs, sauce and melted cheese. It was really very good. I was expecting the Buca di Beppo crapola giant meatballs that King Kong would turn his nose up at, but these were tasty and quite good. The "panini" was very big, though, and I could only knock out half of that. Meanwhile, my dining companion's eggplant was hot, tasty and good. The spaghet? Not so much. The portions were large, and he also ended up with a lot of take home food. I'd like to see this place put on a diet, both in terms of prices and food size. I can hear Gordon Ramsey screaming at them now. "The portions are too big, and the quality isn't commensurate. Get it right, you monkeys!"
So, overall I was really impressed, hence the four-star rating. Maybe I just had low expectations, because I can see where some might not have been as pleased (referring to the other reviews on here). I probably would have given it 3.5 stars if that were an option. The service was good until it came time to get the check. I could see the server dining with the owner and someone else when we were wrapping up, which I found odd to say the least. Overall, B on the food and C on the service, but like Arnold said it best, "I'll be back." And I'll leave the Swordfish bombers at home next time.
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