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| - This review may be confusing at first, but hear me out. I was out with my sister and a friend, and we had decided to go to a specific restaurant, which ended up being closed. So we head down 17th Avenue, and stopped at the old Chameleon, now called Sorno, instead. The owner and a patron were outside and told us we should come in, and that the concept of the bar was Italian tapas, plus he mumbled something about Tuesdays (it was Monday). I asked if they were open, and they said of course, and then I asked if we should come back Tuesday - I thought he said they weren't officially open until then, and he said no! that the food was great. So we decided to sit on the patio, and waited about 10 minutes until we got our menu. The menu was for Buon Giorno! All of us gave each other the WTF?! So we decided to stay - as the owner was still smoking at the entrance, and ordered. Our friend asked if there was a special on, to which the waiter suggested the veal chop. I order canneloni, and my sister some sort of vegetarian pasta. We receive our buns (cold and hard), and some butter (also very hard). Our food comes out, and I have to say, for pasta, it's quite average, and for $17.00 not any different, than say, Fiore's down the street who charges half.
The salad that came with our friends veal chop was quite good, if not a bit small.
After we finished the meal, we get the bill, and our friend's 'special' was $33.00!! Could not believe it! I'm not sure what the waiter thought he was asking, but to me, when someone asks if there is a special, it means if there's anything that is slightly cheaper or a deal for that day. Not sure how he would've asked the waiter any other way to convey that message.
I feel we should've been told before hand that we weren't getting food from Sorno, but from Buon Giorno. Yes, we could've left, but it would've been extremely awkward, and to be honest, we were all starving.
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