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We were told a year ago by friends in the area that it was a nice place. Plus it had won several best-of awards. So when we were driving by one night we decided to drop in and treat ourselves to a nice meal. What a mistake, we should have Yelped it first. The food was not edible and tasteless. I had the Baked Rigatoni based on the servers recommendation, my wife had the Shrimp Scampi, one of her go-to favorites. After a few bites I just stopped eating, the sauce was horrible, a sort of chunky mushy dried-up mess with absolutely no flavor. This dish consisted of some poorly cooked pasta with very little sauce topped with some mozzarella and baked. A can of Chef Boyardee would have been better.
My wife said the Scampi was tasteless, and it was. They probably waved a jar of garlic powder over the so-called sauce. However, the shrimp were large and a good portion, but at that point I did not want to try one. I guess she ate about of the meal before she gave up.
The salad is very strange as well as the bread. I had to doctor up the salad with grated cheese to give it some flavor. One taste and my wife refused to eat the salad. The balsamic and olive oil are nicely presented on the table, but the oil was clearly old and just about to go rancid.
On the bright side, the room is comfortable, with a pleasant decor. But the open fast-food style service counter with soda disperser at the entrance is off-putting. Our waiter was very friendly and proficient but the service did not come close to making up for the horrible food. Dinner for two was $50 with drinks.
Avoid going here if you enjoy good Italian fare. I have no idea how they won the best-of awards unless Annie has lots of relatives voting.
P.S. We were also asked immediately if we had reservations with the room half empty.
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