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| - Received a gift certificate for my birthday from my in-laws, and I think I am glad I used it. Something seems to be afoot.
We arrived for our 5:30 reservation and two other tables in the ~40 seat place occupied.In my online reservation, I had requested a split of prosecco to the table with glasses once we were seated. No mention and nowhere in sight. Oh well.
My butter dish (under my napkin) was really dirty, so I swapped it with the table next to me. Out of habit, I also checked the pre-set wine goblet - mine had a greasy smear inside. Eww. The (only) waiter caught me holding it up, and took both of them and then gave us two goblets from another table. He reviewed the specials (no mention of price), and we ordered our wine. Well, we tried to order a mid-priced bottle of white. However, they were out of all but the 2 most expensive whites, as they are "redoing their wine selection". I chose from the remaining two - at almost twice the price - and we moved on. We tried to order the arancini for an app - that and the eggplant for the apps they were out of. So, we ordered one of the appetizer specials - a potato pancake with mozzarella in the center. Husband ordered pappardelle with a meat sauce (which was really a simple bolognese) and I ordered cavatelli with broccoli and Italian sausage.
As noted in another review - the bread was strange. The busser made sure to tell us it was their HOMEMADE bread, it almost had the consistency of a biscuit. The appetizer was good comfort food - after all, potatoes and cheese - but would have benefited from perhaps being plated in marinara, or with a drizzle of good olive oil, as it became progressively more dry in the mouth as one ate more. More on the appetizer later. Husband's meal was good - they pappardelle was clearly fresh - and the bolognese was meaty. Mine was also acceptable - the cavatelli was cooked appropriately, the broccoli and broccoli-pesto were good. The sausage was sliced into "coins", which would have probably been better incorporated into the dish as a ground sausage or at least out of the casing. The dish could have used perhaps some kick of red pepper flakes to brighten it up - and I say this because I make something VERY similar at home.
The food was something that we could easily have made at home. We got the bill - it was $14 for the appetizer (the arancini was a $7.95 appetizer), and the wine was almost $50 (the bid-price bottle was $27). We spent almost $100 on a meal that we pretty much could have made at home.
Also to note - I overheard the waiter explaining to another table that they only had 2 kinds of bottled beer available out of what they listed. IMHO, I really think that this place might be closing its doors sometime soon. With their wine and beer offerings depleted, some of their less expensive items 86'ed within 30 minutes of dinner starting, and having such a limited wait staff for a Saturday night, makes you wonder if it will still be there in the near future. It seemed to us that they are using up what they have on hand in order to shut their doors.
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