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| - This place us adorable! Cleanly chic and bright! (Not like the usual dimmed down "ambiance" lighting) which is great bc you can actually see your food! We also spoke to the owner! Great irish guy Chris, we requested to meet him because our party was mostly irish too!
My party ordered the antipasto with foccica to start, the courtesy of Yelp garlic bread, and a cheese covered garlic bread. ALL delicious! Got the dinner portion:
The Canuck: which was packed full of hot peppers! But in all fairness, upon ordering they warn you and double check that you indeed want the heat! (Or at least Jen - our lovely waitress did)
Oh Canada: Can you say bfast on a pizza?! Maple flavored bacon! Topped with an egg! The egg on this particular pizza however was fully cooked, when I believe over easy is the goal so that is spreads on the pizza. (Maybe upon reorder we will request the egg not fully cooked)
The Rocket: so much fresh arugula and prosciutto! The freshness adds a nice texture to the usual pizza flavor.
Pasta: Pollo e Fungi. Sadly this was the dissapointment of the evening. To begin with: it isn't a pretty dish. It looks very thrown together. The pasta does taste freshly made but there is WAY TOO MUCH SAUCE to get through to even taste the pasta. Perhaps going lighter on the sauce would allow the customer to ask for extra (easier to add more then take out!) The large quantity of sauce I feel is what causes the rest of the dishes problems. For example, the chargrilled chicken - you cannot tell if it is grilled or not because it has drowned in the sauce. The eggplant and mushrooms are also cut too largely. With cuts of wild mushroom as large as they came, it becomes tough and stringy, which is not enjoyable. Also because the skin of eggplant doesn't "reduce" there were very large skin chunks in the dish of sauce. Also the dish is said to have a drizzle of truffle oil...where?! IN THE SAUCE?! you cannot taste it. It would be much better presented with the sauce in the middle of the fresh pasta, with the chicken sitting on top of the sauce, and the truffle oil drizzled across the plate so it's visible and then the customer can mix at their own will.
All in all though, great place! Will return!! :)
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