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| - You know those nights when all you want is some good Italian food that isn't going to cost you a fortune, and won't require you to wait in a lineup?
Well we had one of those nights a while back (on a Friday of course, when things are going to be packed), and the whole College strip was starting to make us crazy. So we walked a bit past the mayhem of Little Italy, and we saw Grappa, sitting there by itself, with no lineup! Success.
Staff were insanely nice and attentive. The menu looked good, food was a bit on the pricey side, but whatever. The wine list was REALLY good, we ordered a great bottle of wine that made the whole night good.
The food. Oh, the food. I really want to give this place more stars because everything was good, except for the food. Unfortunately, people go to restaurants to eat food, and this place's food just wasn't good. I had a salad to start, with mushrooms. Literally there was just oil on the salad, and the mushrooms tasted like they were cooked with Pam.
As for my pasta...there was so much oil on the pasta that I couldn't even pick up the spaghetti. It slipped off my fork every time, and then would splash oil everywhere. Ew. And the sad part is, there wasn't anything to it except for the oil. What about spices? Fresh tomatoes? Some cheese? Nope. Just oil.
My boyfriend's duck wasn't cooked very well, and I know duck is generally on the fatty side, but this was just too much fat to deal with. Not to mention that the plates our food was served on were chipped. Kinda tacky, but mostly kinda dangerous.
Needless to say, we haven't been back. Nothing against the staff, the location, or the wine, but the food just isn't cutting it. Next time, I'll wait in a lineup at a better restaurant.
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