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| - The wife chose Postino Central for date night. We had been wanting to go to the original for awhile but for whatever reason never made. This was is a little more convenient and we ended up there.
We arrived around 5:30pm (parked a couple minutes away on Colter) and the place was hoppin'. Surprisingly, the wait was only 25 minutes. We were able to order a couple of drinks and enjoy them over at the mini-stand up tables on the side of the outdoor patio. Our wait (which including the sighting of a local semi-celebrity, so exciting) did not seem too long, and we were seated. Since we had a chance to review the menu while outside, we were able to order quickly once the waitress came by. (While we were waiting, it seemed like the music was quite loud inside, though I can't recall noticing it being a problem once actually inside...).
The food was served quite quickly, we each had a salad with a panini. We both enjoyed our salads (mine was just a side w/ the full panini, nice touch with the pine nuts on the greens) but thought the panini's were a little weird. It's just that every time I've ever had a panini anywhere else, the 'filling' has been warm. Here, the outside had obviously been grilled, but not for too long as my roast beef was still cold. Don't get me wrong, the flavor was still good, but I didn't quite get what I expected.
The drinks we had were good, though, I'd like it better if they extended their wine happy hour so it went past 5pm... Service here was quite attentive and the (minor) issue was it seemed like a little bit too long of a wait from the clearing of the table until the check was brought, but it was busy, so not that big of a deal.
I give Postino on Central 3 Yelp stars, but in the real world, I'd give it 3.5. Good service, good tasting food (though not great execution). If I was going to meet someone for a drink in the area and it was before 5pm, I could be persuaded to go back, otherwise, maybe, but probably not.
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