Dante's is (or was) one of the best italian restaurants I've been to. I should say first off that I've never been to Italy, so I'm basing this totally on Americanized version of Italian food! I was totally in love with this place. I craved it like a baby needs his pacifier!
A few months ago they seemed to have made a few changes to the menu and restaurant. I'm not sure if they changed ownerships, but now they have two menus: a single portion menu and a "sharing menu" they call it. Essentially the choices are the same, the single portion seems to be missing things the sharing menu has, such as the gnocchi, one of my favs there.
Before the switch, Dante's had the biggest portions known to man. A single pasta dish was enough to fill two people and then some. Now with the sharing menu, they are the same size as the old dante's portion but more expensive. The gnocchi costs $19! And there's not even cheese or veggies in it.. still good, but a little too pricey.
The pastas was another thing that was good because they had so many toppings to pick from. Now, they have drastically reduced the number of toppings they have (only one type of mushroom), but increased the number of different choices of pasta.
Pizza: Also good. beautifully crisp crust, and perfectly cooked. Haven't tried the pizza since the new menu though.
Dante's is still a great family restaurant, though I think I prefer the old style better. Why fix what is not broke? 4.5 stars for me!