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| - I came here with two other gals to celebrate my coworker's big 2-9. She'd heard good things about EVO and scooped up a Local Dines deal so we were ready and excited to try the place out.
We walked in a tad late (sorry!) for our 8:00 reso on a Saturday night. The place wasn't PACKED, but had a healthy amount of tables. A bachelorette party, a large birthday gathering, a few couples at two-tops and a few other girl groups filled about half the dining room.
Service was a little confused at first. I'm not sure if they have sections or if one server was in the weeds or what, but we had both a guy and girl start off greeting us, then the girl took our drink order, then the guy came back for our drink order. It was figured out though, and we perused the short and sweet menu. We looked at the appetizer section but they all seemed a little too heavy. In other reviews it seems like they got bread/olive oil before their meals came? We didn't get that.
I opted for the vegetable risotto, which was completely delicious. It wasn't a bogged down risotto (I mean, it was as "light" as a risotto can be), with ample amounts of veggies dispersed throughout the dish. It was perfect for spring. The two other girls I was with got the Alfredo with chicken, which also didn't look too heavy or drowning in white sauce either. That's a nice touch with Italian food.
I felt like our server wanted to strangle us when we ordered a 2nd bottle of bubbly--maybe that's just my years of service industry talking but it just seemed like she didn't. wanna. be there. Hey, we were celebrating a birthday! When we were ready to leave, splitting the check and putting on the Local Dines deal was no problem, so that was nice.
All in all, I'd definitely go back to EVO; the food was really delicious. I just won't go RUNNING back.
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