This place may not be hip, but it's the perfect place to go with a family--especially with small children. My family came here on the evening of my nephew's 4th birthday, and we are all particular about food and definitely know good Italian food. La Fornarina was just what we wanted. There's plenty of room (no wait on a Thursday evening), the wait staff is super friendly and accommodating, and the food was actually pretty good. We started with calamari, which were tasty, and mussels in a marinara sauce that was amazing. My brother ordered a pasta dish with sausage, I think, in a "rose" sauce. The sauce was tasty and the pasta was perfectly al dente--the whole table remarked on it. The pizza was nice and salty, with a good neapolitan style crust. At the end, the waitress even brought my nephew a piece of chocolate cake with a sparkler in it that just about blew his mind.