I was riding my bike around south side and decided to stop into Carmella's. The first thing you notice when walking in is the attention that was paid to the interior. Wood is everywhere and you kind of feel like you're in a camping lodge. It's really quite cozy.
The place was empty and I was alone and in a hurry so I sat at the bar, hoping to get the steak tartare I saw on their menu. It turned out to be brunch so I was a little bummed that I wasn't going to get the tartare but brunch on a Saturday is hard to come by so I was also excited. I ordered the baked eggs. It took some time for my order to come and I feared that the eggs were sitting. I was right. They were rock hard and the tomato sauce was pretty pretty generic. There was a little spinach and beet salad on the side that was a little bit on a saving grace but not enough. I usually don't sent things back and was pretty tight on time. However, I should have said something in this case. I ascribe my disappointing meal to a slow shift and a lazy waitress. That's not to say she was a bad waitress. I was once there and the slowest shifts are the hardest to care about good service sometimes. I didn't like the eggs but the salad gave me the confidence to say that I would give Carmella's another shot. Side note, the music sucked. It didn't go with the ambiance of the restaurant at all and should definitely be changed in my opinion.