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| - I use to go to Fiore's quite a bit 10+ years ago, but I have gotten away from it, simply because 17th Avenue is not really my stomping grounds anymore. However, my dear friend Heather suggested we go there, so I was in like flint!
The restaurant looks a LOT different than the last time I was there. Definately renovations have happened since my last visit (one would hope so, since it had been so long!).
The wait staff were friendly and charismatic. When the took our order, I asked them what the spiciest thing was on their menu. They said that anything could be spicy, because the chef would simply add more spice to any dish.
I ordered the Fusilli Arriabiatta, which is red peppers, green peppers and bacon in tomato sauce. It was spicy, no question, but for my palate, they could have turned up the heat a few notches. The peppers were only slightly cooked (which I like!) so my dish didn't have a pile of mushy peppers on it. They were slightly crispy, and the pasta had lots of flavor. Since my dish had bacon, I passed on the grated cheese that came by, and the meal was yummy and savoury without all the extra cheese. The pasta was very tasty.
They had a pretty good wine list too. I tried their Lotus Cabernet Sauvignon (California) which did the trick for me!
What shocked me most, was how reasonably priced it was. I got a pasta dish and a glass of wine for $25. There's not very many places I go in this city where I can get an entre and wine for that price.
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