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| - Primo...Hmmmm the word means "Male Cousin"..odd name for a restaurant. It is hidden away off Providence Rd..behind Boston Market...Upstairs..in a crooked floored second story. The restaurant was empty, we were pretty early at 5:30 PM but we were sat on a cold porch, in the very back of the room at a tiny - tiny two top table. The bus boy brought us water and a basket with unimpressive cold bread and butter. Never had heard much about Primo and it was Queens Feast so my daughter and I thought we would give it a try. We ordered a bottle of wine from Lodi, it was good, called Brazin a Zinfandel. My daughter and I decided to each try a different appetizer. She had the Shrimp St Thomas, it was 4 small shrimp on a plate with a very plain white mustard sauce. I ordered the Portebello Mushroom that had mozzarella and truffle oil..Mine was better than my daughters but still nothing impressive. We both ordered the Chopped Salad...not bad till I had to pull the long hair attached to a piece of blue cheese out of my mouth...done with the salad...We both ordered the Ribeye, odd choice for an Italian place but not too much Italian except Lobster Ravioli. The plate arrived and the meat looked attractive, the ICE CREAM SCOOP of Mashed Potatoes was not , however. My daughter took her first bite and pulled out a piece of metal wire..about 1/2 inch long. We told the waitress and she took it back to show the manager. The steak's flavor was good but the meat was not prime..mine was tough, and it was done rare plus so it should have been more tender. We did not eat any more of the mashed potatoes and they were not fresh, either frozen or boxed, and we were scared of finding more metal. The waitress brought our check, I asked her if the manager was going to come and talk with us about the metal and she said the manager was the owner and the chef all rolled into one..and he was very busy. Hmmmm too busy for a customer who got metal in their mashed potatoes??? Maybe he should have sent the "Male Cousin" over ! Glad this was just a 30.00 check for each of us..Not worth the 30...even.
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