I've driven by here hundreds of times but didn't realize there was a restaurant here. It's kind of tucked away and has some strange neighbours and if you manage to catch the sign it doesn't really do much to describe what you're in for.
This is NOT a hole in the wall kind of place like you might expect. It's actually in the higher end for food when considering other places around it. With that is mind the prices are reasonable for what you can expect. The decor is nice inside and a surprise from the curb appeal. The whole place was very cold in the winter and I put my coat on a couple times after someone entered or left. The service was very slow (I think only 1 in the kitchen, 1 on dishes and 1 on service that night) but even still there was only 1 other table at any given time.
The food is obviously a classically trained chef made type food. It's too small to have much of a staff so I think the chef actually made it himself which is fairly rare. He also popped into the front of house a couple times to talk people who were eating their mains.
We ordered carpaccio which was a little different than expected. It was served warmish because it was seared in a fairly thick portion of meat. Our expectations were VERY thin cuts that were cold and raw. This was mostly like a thin raw steak but decent. Also got the brushetta but I wasn't tickled by the olives that were featured in it but it was fresh and otherwise quite good and I was surprised by the portion of it being larger than expected.
For the main we had Vegetable Bean Rice Chili which was amazing and stayed amazing the next day when I had my leftovers at work while my coworkers wished they had some too. I've been to southern USA and had some of the authentic foods down there and this was better than anything I've had there.
The Linguini DeMilo my finance got was boring boring boring. It lacked any taste (even of garlic). I was quite sad by this because it's only 1 of 2 veggie dishes and I would never order it again.
Desserts were not the best here. I think we had lemon cake (a bit old tasting even if it wasn't) and brownie sundae (the brownies were waxy with little chocolate taste). I don't think i'd do these again unless we went with a 3 course menu which includes it.
I will be back and I think the 3 course menu looks like a great deal (but nothing veggie for me) but it's something to watch for on sundays or early weeknight evening for sure.