The intimacy of this place is one of its strengths as well as one of its weaknesses. At times it can be difficult to get a table. I made reservations for 8:30 p.m. on a Wednesday night after a play at City Theatre, and they walked us passed two empty tables in the bar area, offering us a cramped table in the corner. However, they happily moved us back to the bar immediately upon our request. The space is beautiful and the food is great. The pear & walnut salad special was perfect. I also had the Linguine ai Frutti di Mare, which was very good (they even allowed me to exclude muscles from my serving), but my dinning companion had the Tagliolini alla Puttanesca di Mare, which was really wonderful.