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| - This place seems to be hit or miss but, we have discover the secret. I have gone there and had an amazing experience and of course the opposite as well. My recent experience was very pleasant. My wife and I sat at the bar and was taken care of by Greg. Next time we go, we are most certainly sitting at the bar. We received much better service than when we previously sat at a table. The bartender was very knowledgeable about the Italian cuisine and picked us out a great bottle of "vino" to pare with our meal.
We started with an appetizer of clams and mussels. Being from the coast myself, I have high standards for seafood. I must admit, we were not disappointed. Both the mussels and clams were full of flavor and spice that brought out the natural essence with a very nice balance.
My wife ordered the short ribs, which were excellent. My only complaint is the risotto that came with it was slightly undercooked making it a tad bit starchy. I had the chicken marsala which was some of the best marsala sauce I have had in a while. It was rich, buttery and sweet with a hint of heat. I could have used more bread to dip in it, but still very good.
After our meal we chatted with the bar tender about a good after dinner drink. After asking us a couple questions about what we like he created us each a unique drink based on our tastes. I asked for something spicy with lime flavor that was a good sipping drink. My wife asked for something with chocolate. Greg did some muddling and prepared me a Moscow mule with fresh rosemary from the bush out front. It was so good I had to have another after. My wife's drink was more sophisticated than mine. She had a Chocolate martini that she said reminded her of biting into Godiva chocolate. It was interesting to watch him make the drink. After adding vanilla and chocolate vodka, I witnessed him put whip cream in the tin used for shaking drinks!! This is the first time I have seen a bartender do this and I was skeptical. However, I had a taste of the martini and it was so creamy, rich and sweet that I had to bow my hat to his trick. After the chocolate martini there was no need for desert!
When we go back (which we will) we will be sitting at the bar for better service. I understand this is not an option for some with kids, but if you have the option I suggest sitting at the bar. The restaurant seems to have a very high turnover rate for servers. We have gone in probably a total of 8 times before this and had a different server all times but 1. Every time we go in it seems to be the gentlemen that took care of us tonight or another girl that I don't remember her name. She seems very nice. However, she has never waited on us. Living in Terravita, we will be frequenting this establishment. It has a lot of potential and we hope to see it reach it's maximum capability.
Cheers
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