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| - So I liked Piccolo Forno. I really did. Very tasty. But I haven't quite figured out why people are willing to wait 90 minutes for it. Puzzling mystery.
We knew this would happen, so we put our names in around 630 pm on a Saturday, and got seated about 8 pm. Fortunately we had enjoyed several cocktails at Eclipse Lounge down the street in the meantime, so we were in very good spirits. Also, the hosts take your cell phone number, and even gave us a courtesy call when the party whose table we were going to take was "eating dessert," so we knew we had about 15 minutes left to wait and had time to finish our cocktails without needed to chug them and run out the door.
Piccolo Forno is small and bustling. People gather to wait in the front, so it can be a little crowded getting in the door. Once seated though, we all felt relaxed and happy. We opened a few bottles of wine ($5 each corkage), and I have to say much as I love BYOB, I hate this corkage fee thing. Ugh. Maybe I'm just spoiled, but in other cities where I've lived, BYOB = no charge.
So, I got a house salad which was a nice, simple starter, and then at the server's recommendation, I ordered the Stracotto di Cingiale con Fettucine. That would be braised boar with vegetables over fettucine pasta. It was quite yummy. Obviously fresh pasta, tender meat, and a reasonably generous portion for not much money. The boar was seasoned in an interesting way, almost a bit sweet - sugar? cinnamon? not sure. But tasty. Couldn't finish it so it went in a box, and I look forward to consuming the rest of it shortly, probably tonight.
Gratuity was included since we had a party of 7 - two girls split the check, and then we gave them cash. But I've since heard from the two girls that the restaurant overcharged them - randomly adding $15 more to each check, even though gratuity was already included (clearly stated on the receipt) and we can't figure out why they did that. They're planning to call and get that figured out, but it put a bit of a damper on our impressions of the evening.
So it's a tasty place with good, fresh food. But to be truly honest, when you have to wait 90 minutes and pay to BYOB, and the check gets messed up, it isn't exactly a perfect evening out. So if you don't mind waiting and paying to bring wine, I'd say go for it. But the food didn't knock my socks off enough to make up for the logistical annoyances. If I'm waiting and paying for my own wine, I'd like the food to be outstanding. And we aren't quite there, in my opinion.
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