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| - Okay, this is a prime example of my issues with Italian restaurants.
I lived in Italy for a while and my ex-boyfriend's mother is a flipping genius as an Italian cook so I know what good Italian food is my friend. I cannot stomach overcooked pasta, I literally gag and if a pizza is a little too Pizza Hut/Pizza Pizza I can pretty much sniff it out.
I went here in the summer, and yes the ambiance is good. Let's face it, most of the people here are just here for the meat show so if that is what you're after than you will get that in spades at Gusto.
The food, however, is not nearly as impressive as the short skirts and nice packed jeans! In fact, it's really not that great at all. The best part is the $1 oz wine (if you don't mind mediocre wine). I ordered a pizza, because that is my specialty and quite frankly it's much harder to cook a good pizza Italian style than it is to cook some pasta or meat. It's a true test of whether or not this person actually knows what the hell they are doing in the kitchen.
The pizza was mediocre! It wasn't vomit inducing but a Terroni or Via Mercanti pizza kills this floppy pretender! My friends ordered a salmon dish that looked good but was not authentically Italian (came with quinoa, come on!), and my other friend's pasta was not impressive.
In brief, if you want to check out a bunch of singles from the financial district pretending to be hip and cool on a Friday night, this if for you. If you actually want to eat good Italian food than this is not.
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