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| - I decided to give this place a try because of the numerous great reviews on yelp. I should have read it more carefully as the good reviews were attributed to their brunch menu.
I went to lunch today with a friend. The entrance was decorated beautifully and the interior decor was beautiful. The restaurant was pretty empty when we were there (should be a sign for the worse to come). Their lunch and dinner menu was the same. Hmm... shows you how much thought they put into their menu. Before we even sat down to look at the menu, the waiter asked us what we would like to drink, which I felt was a little rushed. Anyway, I asked for a specialty tea and was not too happy that I was served Lipton. Don't label it as "specialty" if there is nothing special about it. RSquared cafe across the street have better teas than them and cost the same! Anyway, with the place looking as nice as it was, I would have thought the Owner would have better taste in teas.
Anyhow, we ordered the following: Beef Carpaccio to start, I had the Mushrooms Parpadelle and my friend ordered their Seafood Spaghetti de Mare.
Their Beef Carpaccio fell a little flat with some arugula in the middle and slices of Asiago cheese. Nothing spectacular. Terroni's tasted better for the same price.
My Parpadelle was a little undercooked and bland. I could have easily made this dish myself. Basically, some buttered mushrooms, olive oil, and the pasta.
Now comes the worst part - my friend's seafood spaghetti was just horrid!!! A couple of mussels, octopus heads, and shrimps sprinkled on top of spaghetti coupled with a really bland white wine sauce. The pasta was soooooo sour and fishy! I don't know if they overdid it on the lemon to mask the fishy smell. I am pretty sure the mussels were NOT FRESH! It was really horrid but my friend was too nice to say anything. I took a bite and couldn't even swallow it because of how fishy it was.
Note: they didn't give us our bread until after we finished our appetizer. A little disorganized. Oh, the bread, also not so great. A little bit stale.
This place could do so much better in this hip neighborhood. If they want to survive, they better try to fair well with terroni and the other restaurants in the area; or else, in a couple of months, they will be squashed like a little bug!
Destined to go? I wish I hadn't chosen this place in the beginning.
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