I admit it, I am an Italian food snob. I grew up eating in Italian restaurants in NYC's Little Italy; I studied Italian cooking in culinary schools in America ad Europe; cooked in restaurants in Rome and Naples, was a chef for 40 yrs, etc. Yea, I KNOW when it is good, mediocre or bad. Mamma Olivia' secret restaurant on the Maryland Parkway blew us away. The bread is made and baked on the premises. The pasta is made fresh in front of you. The calamari is fried FRESH - not precooked sitting under a heat lamp. It is real calamari - NOT THOSE CARDBOARD FROZEN RINGS. The chef is Italian- from Italy-. Instead of spending $100 for mediocre food at the big name Strip places, come to Mamma Olivia's for the real deal. Chef Bob at the Turnberry.