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First off, patio seating overlooking Lake Monona was beautiful. The weather was nice and mildly breezy so it was a perfect setup for double date night....or so you'd think.
Service was a disaster. It stood out more than the food. Not sure what exactly was going on, but I'm pretty positive it shouldn't take 40 minutes to get a side salad. Yes, 40 MINUTES. Was that the kitchen's fault? Who knows. Was it the server's fault? Ummm....he didn't check on us, so I'll say yes. It seemed our server disappeared to all areas of the restaurant and forgot about us. Don't they usually have sections? There were about 4 other servers we saw taking care of tables right next to us.
An hour after being seated, lo and behold our meals finally made it. Was it worth the wait? Eh.
Pretty sure a Caesar salad doesn't have a 1/4 of a hardboiled egg, giant olives, and cherry tomatoes. PRETTY SURE. And if they accidentally gave me an egg, at least give me the whole egg.
Didn't try the Porta salad, but friends and bf said it was good.
The Garibaldi sandwich, which is apparently a staple of this place, was pretty good. The banana peppers were my favorite part. If the menu is too much to choose from for a first timer, go with the sandwich.
We also had the turkey club sandwich. Not exceptional, but the mustard-mayo was tasty. My bf stated: "Nothing to write home about."
Our friends ordered the Whitehouse, which was an open faced sandwich of some sort....the bread was completely covered in sauce and whatever was supposed to be on the bread, and the Cannelloni. They said it was "not bad."
The sangria saved the night. Not because it was "oh my god, this is so delicious" but because it calmed our nerves enough to not get riled about getting our food for so long.
Maybe it was a bad night, service wise. Maybe we'll come back some other time. Maybe.
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