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| - I agree with the sentiment that this place has definite potential to garner more stars, but hasn't quite reached that potential as of yet.
The service is friendly, competent, and there's nothing lacking there, thankfully. My questions about the dishes and ingredients were answered professionally and accurately. Cool.
I had the pasta all'amatriciana dish, despite the fact that it not being traditional (with the addition of onions and hot peppers, etc.), was fairly solid. Nothing amazing, and of course not terrible. The portions are, yes, small, but after an appetizer and some wine, I did feel satiated. I do very much appreciate the traditional usage of the flavorful guanciale (jowl bacon), however. But I couldn't help to feel that the onions, and especially the hot peppers, overpowered the taste of that cut of bacon, which saddened me, as that's my absolute favorite part of the most delicious pig. Oh, pig.. how I adore your delicious.. pig parts.. oh.. yes.. But I pruriently digress.
I would definitely return for the occasional visit if I were in the area, but I sadly can't say that I would go out of my way to visit. There is definite room for improvement, and I hope that PastaBAR takes advantage of this.
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