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| - To start, this place is not family friendly. They have high chairs and kids menus, but won't give them crayons or pens in fear that they might write on their cool wood tables.
Decor: Table layout is weird, only two windows in the whole place, and the fake distressed wall design is terrible. When building from scratch, it's critical to hire a restaurant design expert for lighting, sound and visual. It feels like you got stuck in a brick prison box that serves food and drinks. They will realize this was a cost that shouldn't have overlooked in due time.
Food/menu: They want to be Italian, but serves non Italian food. Chicken sandwich? BLT? Grilled Cheese? Either your Italian, or a bar and grill. The pizza fries were good, hot peppers weren't hot and lacked flavor, chicken Parmesan and chips were fresh and a nice portion, and the beet salad was small, overpriced and lacked any creativity.
As for the server, she was sweet but nothing more then a bar server. She had no enthusiasm about the restaurant, she didn't asked us if we had been there before, and didn't offer any suggestions as to what we should order.
The owner: He was watching tables like a hawk (which was weird), looked miserable sitting at the bar, and wasn't open to listening to constructive feedback. On the way out, we didn't get a thank you for stopping in, or we look forward to welcoming you back. It was clear that they want drinking adults and no kids even at 5:30 on a Saturday night.
I love supporting non-chain restaurants, but this one needs Gordon Ramsey before they loose their investment.
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