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| - Wanted to try out this place, due to the many positive reviews. And, you know, Italian food, which you don't find in Cincinnati, and it being a mom-and-pop restaurant.
We showed up about an hour before closing and parked the car right in front of the restaurant, headlights on and everything. Saw about four or five employees in the restaurant and made eye contact with at least two of them through the very large windows in the front while they were cleaning as we were approaching the restaurant front door.
We entered the restaurant and saw the employees still cleaning, and, one by one, they disappeared to the back of the restaurant. No eye contact once we walked in. Not a word regarding whether we were too late and the kitchen was closed, or even a greeting or any sort of acknowledgement.
We would have gladly ordered takeout if they didn't want us to dine in. Stuck around for about another minute or two and decided to leave when it was obvious no one was coming back out.
Really unfortunate. I was really hoping for some good Italian. But not here, it seems. Wrong attire? Did the potential Asian clientele make them scurry away? We don't bite. But I guess we weren't welcome.
We went back to the car, which was facing the restaurant, headlights on, and didn't see anyone else come back out to the front for the five minutes while we sat there figuring out where else we were going to take our business. Ended up spending $100 on a very nice dinner for two at a different restaurant in Lakewood instead.
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