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| - I waited a few weeks to give this place a try since I hadn't heard great things via word of mouth from "foodie" friends that were disappointed after going when it first opened. I went for lunch and it was pretty empty. Seems that one server was working all (maybe three) different tables as well as a customer at the bar. (There was also a big pile of Barilla pasta packages on top of the bar.) The waitress (Erika) was friendly and attentive. The space was clean and relatively small. There are tables and large booths with a bar in the center that has additional bar stool seating.
The menu is exhausting: Appetizers, Pizza, hot/cold subs, sandwiches, wraps, burgers, pasta, chicken, steak, seafood, sides, kids options, dessert. Considering their website says "We bring you the Italian classics made from scratch...", I decided to go with a classic Italian dish, the baked ziti. It was a little more than I typically spend on lunch out ($14) but it did come with a salad and bread. The salad (Caesar, with no croutons per request) arrived first and was swimming in dressing. The baked ziti was ziti pasta lightly coated with marinara and topped with a dense layer of cheese. No ricotta layers, just ziti and red sauce and melted white cheese. Baked ziti from scratch would include a ricotta/egg/parsley/Parmesan mixture layered in between the noodles and sauce to give it a rich, thick & creamy tomato cheese sauce. It would be like making lasagna without the ricotta mixture layered between sauce, cheese and noodles. All in all it was overpriced for the product delivered. Kids meals are $7 and dessert is $8.
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