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| - I don't know how I ended up eating here because I don't like eating Italian on vacation, but somehow my fellow travelers tricked me into it.
I was pleasantly surprised with the food here. The pasta was really good and cooked al dente. The appetizers were also excellent. They have several different types of mozzarella cheese (we did the burrata paired with an arugula salad) and the calamari was delicious and came with a spicy arrabiata sauce. And quality olive oil for dipping the bread earns points in my book!
The only thing that was a little off was the pizza. We got a margherita, but the crust was too thin and cracker-like, the mozzarella was not fresh, and there was oregano on it which is not typical of margherita pizza (and personally, I hate oregano in general). I actually think the pizza would be pretty good if you did one of the non-traditional options (there were pizzas with brie, bleu cheese, etc), but since everything else at the restaurant was fairly authentic, I guess I was just taken off guard by the style of the pizza here. Think more Californian than Italian.
Making up for the so-so pizza was the amazing service we received here. We were the only table in here because it was late, and the manager came over to talk to us through the whole meal. He and our waitress really made us feel welcome, and they were really hilarious too. I felt like they were dining with us because they were so ridiculously friendly. So overall we loved our experience here...super fun, great food, what more could you ask for?
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