This is a restaurant that you would like to like better than you can. An Italian cafe in a strip mall. supported by locals, with a real sense of neighborliness. You want it to be better than it turns out to be. The owner, the original Piero of Piero's near the convention center, turns out oversized portions of Italian classics that are unexceptional. When reviewers rave about big portions, I doubt their credibility as food critics. Give me small portions of really high quality food any day. The one compliment I can offer is that the pours of wine by the glass (some good options) are very generous, equal to a glass and a half in any other restaurant. If I were with someone who wanted to go there, I wouldn't say no, but I wouldn't look forward to it. One more thing: the waitress was charming!