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| - First, read my review for Providence Road location.......well, only if you want to do so!
After eating at Providence Road locale on Monday, and although my lovely daughter ( a Charlotte resident) advised us that the sauce here tends to be watery, honey was insistent on returning to this location since the white pizza of his dreams hailed from Ayrsley!
As others have mentioned, parking may be an issue if you are not there pretty early.
Nicer ambiance than Providence Road, but for us it is ALL about the food.
Server was Chantel, very pleasant. Almost as good as Stafford at Providence Road.
The bread was OMG good. No burnt bottoms this night! We both started with the Caesar salad. Good BUT not sure if the owner has tried to Americanize it or what, but NO parmesan cheese......mozzarella....really? But the dressing was great, the croutons were plentiful (although I didn't think they were house made, which would have been a plus based on that heavenly manna).
Honey stuck with the Zuppa di Pesce based on the Providence Road experience. First problem for him was NO rigatoni, although available at the other location. Lovely daughter had warned us that she and the hubs had almost quit this location for the Park Road one (we didn't eat there.....yet!) due to what she thought was watered down sauce. As soon as honey's dish was set in front of him, we realized the problem......pasta basically not drained! I wish I had taken a picture, because there was a swimming pool below his food. Sauce was just meh (as Yelp puts it). I did take one shrimp, didn't even care to get the others. Even after tilting his plate and pouring water into the bowl meant for shells half full of water, there was still water. He had to make do with penne, or ziti, heck, I'm not sure, but there was about a pound of THAT!
On to me! I ordered the Stuffed Eggplant which did NOT come with what I consider the staple of every Italian meal, pasta. However, I was only able to finish half my plate. This is their version of Eggplant Rollatini, kinda, sorta. It comes with that same ham from the chicken of Monday night, so I got spinach......now that was some good stuff! I notice another reviewer says it haunts her dreams! I can understand. Strangely, MY red sauce was great. So, I cannot understand why the honey's sauce on his dish was so blah.....oh, it was that gallon of water!
Again, he got a cannoli (he managed to skip the spumoni and espresso this trip!), and was not as happy with it. The reason, you ask? Because they tried to chef it up. This fellow just wants a cannoli with the filling....he doesn't need a decorated plate drizzled with a ton of Hershey's syrup!
I will mention that the white pizza from heaven came from this locale last year, so he may be willing to order pizza from here! He walked outside to enjoy the sun while I visited the facilities.......so I mentioned on my way out to what appeared to be a manager that the staff might want to drain the pasta. She was pleasant BUT said we would need to mention it. Now, I'm a little confused......having complaints of watered down sauces, and we might need to mention draining the pasta? Oh, well....Providence Road and Stafford for our server for the win!
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