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| - I had heard good things about Anna Marie's from a friend and decided to give it a try. I am so glad I did! It's a rather small place. If you like wine, they appear to have a good selection!
I was seated at a four top. I hated taking up the room of such a large table for a solo diner but it was not a problem as the flow during the time I was there made it OK.
Asking my server, Justin, several questions about appetizers, I learned they're all meant to be shared. I really wanted the fried calamari but instead opted for the zucchini sticks. I went brain dead. I never thought of ordering a cup/small bowl of soup. The zucchini sticks arrived and there were 10--5 on each side of the dish with marinara in the center for dipping. The zucchini was very good, the marinara quite tasty, but just too much food. I stopped after eating five and Justin packed the other 5 for takeout.
For the main course, I ordered chicken Sorrentino--Chicken breast topped with eggplant, prosciutto, and mozzarella, in a light brown sauce with onions. With your meal, you get a choice of pasta, broccoli, spinach, and one other thing I can't remember. I went with the pasta, choosing rigatoni with their red sauce. I could have gotten it with the same sauce as the chicken but I wanted to taste their red sauce.
The chicken dish was excellent. The brown sauce was so very rich I was somewhat wishing I'd gotten it on my rigatoni. The red sauce on the rigatoni was good. It is a LOT of food. Still there was room for dessert. After all, I had them box 5 zucchini sticks!
A special dessert yesterday was Nutella cheesecake with Oreo cookie crumb crust. It was excellent!!
Service was exceptional. The entire staff worked as a team. I know they probably had assigned tables but any person walking by would remove a dirty plate. My iced tea was refilled several times, and the ice brought in a glass in the beginning proved to be very useful!
One intangible thing about Anna Maria's. Everyone seemed genuinely pleased to have you as a customer. Every person I interacted with was pleasant, welcoming, and friendly. Since Anna Maria's is only about two miles from my house, I'll be back! Well deserved four stars!
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