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| - Small and quaint with large taste..I am glad to have finally tried this Inglewood favorite.
I have known of Sugo since moving to Calgary 7 years ago - and for some reason, just never made it there - until last night. It was "girls" night out for our annual Christmas gift exchange and drinks (and food), so we choose Sugo as three out of four of us have never been (and I could use a new place to Yelp).
I won't lie - the start was poor. Our reso for 7:00 was confirmed but we were sat at the bar while they "made the table"....45 minutes later - we got a table. Umm.. say what? What was also weird, was that other tables remained empty the full time. Being a restaurant snob (ok, not snob - but expectations are in place), I felt that was too long when we had a reservation. Oh well, we gabbed, drank free Prosecco and then went to our table.
Our waiter was a delightful chap who was definitely enterprising and very attentive - so service was A+. We all decided on the Chefs 5 course tasting (cause when you are hungry it's clearly a great idea to eat as many courses as possible) and ordered a yummy bottle of wine. The food started arriving.
Course #1 - Shrimp and a small salad - not bad;
Course #2 - Homemade mozza, peppers and reduction - AMAZING AND FRESH;
Course #3 - Gnocchi and a awesome ragu - very impressed;
Course #4 - (by this time we worried we might go home hungry) - but out came 6-7 lamb popsicles, veggies and a reduction - quite well done and quite enjoyable.
Course #5 - DELLLIICCIOUSSSS PANNA COTTA (yea.. I like my desserts). Likely one of the best Panna Cottas EVER!!! I ate two :).. so creamy, berries on-top and a couple sauces to spoon up with each bite. heavenly.
So by now, I was full. A fantastically well rounded, tasty and nicely served tasting. I enjoyed my evening and was there until 11:30 chatting to which they never rushed us out at all. I enjoyed the food, ambiance and service quite a bit - so much, i forget the waiting at the start.
I look forward to returning to try some of the pastas I saw on the menu as well as their "create a board of appies" that I saw on a menu as well....
Until we meet again Sugo...
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