I had a really nice time at the Italian Grotto.
The atmosphere is very "New York Italian". There are comfy leather booths and tv's above the bar playing sports. It is a great place to sit for a while and have some fun at dinner and watch the game at the same time.
The staff is very cool, most of the time friendly, and the manager could be from the mafia.
The food is typical Italian food, nothing to "odd". I like being a bit more adventurous with food most of the time.... but it is was really good. We had the fresh Clams and Muscles in the Portifino sauce.....and I had the Chicken Piccata (yum) and my friend had the Veal Marsala (also very good).