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| - This Italian chain restaurant serves all their dishes family style; a small usually feeds 2 people and a large 4. There were 6 of us, so we ordered 3 entrees. Mom and I ordered a small chicken limone, dad and grandma got the baked ziti with meatballs, and my bro and boyfriend got the penne al forno. We also ordered a caesar salad to share.
Our server brought us bread with oil and balsamic vinegar to start. The bread was yummy. Soft and warm on the inside and crunchy on the outside. I love to dip it in the balsamic/oil concoction. I ate way too much of this delicious bread. The salad came out shortly after and it was totally dry. We all agreed it needed more dressing so we asked for some on the side. The dressing was pretty bad. It's definitely from the bottle and we were all disappointed. Skip this and try a different salad.
It wasn't long before the entrees came out. The chicken limone was my favorite. It's chicken breast with capers in a lemon butter sauce. It's tangy and delicious. I think we should have ordered a large size, as the small was just 3 pieces and everyone wanted to try some. Dad and grams had a huge bowl of ziti, with 3 huge meatballs that were as big as my head. Okay I'm exaggerating, but they were pretty big. Sadly, they weren't very flavorful. The pasta was okay. It had fresh ricotta, and mozzarella cheeses with marinara sauce. I didn't try the other dish, but the boys seemed to like it. It was similar to the ziti, but had prosciutto, pepperoni and spicy sausage. We realized how similar the pasta dishes were and wished we would have ordered something else. Oh well, next time.
We had to have dessert, so we ordered the colossal sundae to share. It comes in a huge cup, with brownie pieces, 6 scoops of ice cream, chocolate and caramel sauces, and whipped cream. I don't think there were really 6 scoops of ice cream, and the cup wasn't even filled all the way. We finished this easily.
For all of the food we ordered it was just about $100 for 6 of us, not including tip. Our server was slow. He kept forgetting to bring us water and other stuff we asked for throughout our dinner. I would say this place is a step above Olive Garden, but not somewhere I would run back to or recommend to anyone.
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