"1"^^ . . "2017-12-28T00:00:00"^^ . "0"^^ . "We're foodies and we eat out several nights each week. We love to try new restaurants. Tonight we tried the Sicilian Butcher, but all six of us were disappointed with both food and management. All concept; no substance. It doesn't live up to the quality and flavor of Tomaso restaurants. Our server was great. The hostess was sweet, but in over her head -- not properly trained in getting guests efficiently accommodated. It's about poor training by her manager, not about her. We had called ahead and she took our name to hold a table. We arrived and waited more than 45 minutes. During our wait, at least four groups of adjoining tables opened up. Any of them could accommodate 6 by being pushed together. But as we waited and waited, we watched the hostess seat table after table of four, ignoring that they could have pushed two tables together for us. After the first 25 mins, we had to call attention to this grievous inattention. Were we invisible? But we still had to wait and watch additional diners be seated at tables that should have been ours. The manager never seemed to care. He walked by us repeatedly without checking on our seating or comfort, ignoring our inquiring stares. Finally they pushed together two tables -- which they could have easily done 30 minutes earlier. Ah yes... Finally the food! The eggplant meatballs were almost entirely breading, no eggplant flavor, and I think I finally found one half inch or smaller piece of eggplant within the flavorless mush, which made me search more avidly for another. No luck. They had no distinctive flavor at all, washed out in bland breadcrumbs. The arrabiata sauce was fiery but flavorless. Another guest described their marinara sauce as curiously overspiced, and yet flavorless -- \"the pepper killed any subtlety in the taste. Another described their turkey meatballs as \"just ok.\" The homemade pasta, devoid of flavor. On the positive side, the salads were good, with fresh ingredients. Again, did the manager care? He passed by during dinner with a perfunctory, \"how was everything?\" By the time I looked up to reply, he had continued past. I guess he didn't care any more about our food than about our seating. And by now, we didn't care for being there. \nA manager is there to ensure a great experience. No one offered us the smallest accommodation- no apology, no kind word; nor a dessert or appetizer. No effort was made to show us appreciation or to inspire us to give them a second chance. Most of us try a restaurant only once. The overall experience draws us back again and again -- Or it drives us away. After we had paid our check (still with no words of consideration or apology from the manager), I told our server (who was caring and sharp) about the characterless food. Was there even a head chef? I asked her to tell the chef so that he/she can up their food game. We have many choices of places to spend our precious time and money. Tonight at Sicilian Butcher, a gracious and delicious experience was had by none in our group."^^ . "2"^^ . "0"^^ . . .