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| - Being from Brooklyn, NY, I'm a tough sell on Italian food. My family and I decided to try a few different dishes (take out) so we could make a really fair assessment and I was very happily surprised. We ordered an antipasto salad that had the best prosciutto I've had since being in AZ. It was a little heavy on the greens, but all the meats and cheeses were fresh and tasty and the veggies like roasted red pepper and artichoke hearts were plentiful and delicious. We also got an order of rice balls. They were good--we don't really like them with peas, which is a pretty standard way of serving them, but they were still tasty. I don't eat escarole and beans, but my mother said it was spot on and absolutely delicious. We got 6 garlic knots and they were ok, a little bigger and doughier than I usually like, but again, good flavor. We ordered a chicken parm hero which was really good; flavorful and not too saucy (if you like it "wetter" you should specify because it came really dry) and the chicken was obviously fresh. The meatballs came per "ball" so we ordered 3....my husband is the meatball connoisseur and he was satisfied with them--not the best he's ever had, but very very good. A large pizza finished up the order, and that's where I'm really hard nosed. It was o.k. It's impossible to get a good east coast/ny crust out here. I'm resigned to that. It has good flavor, the sauce and cheese were very very good and the crust was probably the 3rd or 4th best I've had out here. We'll definitely be ordering again to try out their dinner specials and the ultimate test: how thin is the veal cutlet? :)
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