. "2012-11-29T00:00:00"^^ . "1"^^ . "0"^^ . "I just tried Osteria Papavero for the first time last night and had a fantastic experience. The restaurant is small, but has a comfortable and intimate atmosphere. The service was really great. The portions are small, but it was fun for our group to order several different items and share them all. We ordered the burrata special, which was excellent and crostini appetizer, which was good. Then, I had the beef shank and my husband had the venison special. I was slighly disappointed there were no seafood options on the menu or specials, but I think that was reflective of seasonal and local fresh ingredients being utilized. Although the flavors on both our meat dishes were very similar, they were both delicious. The best part of the dining experience at Osteria Papavero is dessert. I know it sounds crazy (as our friends reiterated to us before we went), but the butterscotch pudding is to die for. Try it with their home made lemoncello and you will not be sorry. The prices are slightly high, but the quality is well worth the price. \n\nI have one criticism of Osteria Papavero and it is that there are too many specials not documented on the menu. I am not complaining about them having so many specials, because what we tried of them were great. I'm more critical of the fact that the specials were not really documented anywhere, so it was hard to keep track of them. Our waitress spent at least 5 minutes at our table explaining the 7 specials. Although the items were listed with a one word description on a blackboard, it was on the other side of the restaurant from where we were seated, and no one at our table could read it. Even if we were able to read the board, there were no descriptions of the specials, so after the waitress left our table, we had forgotten some of what she described and had to ask her to repeat items when she returned. The waitress was more than pleasant and patient with our questions, but would it be so hard to print a daily menu with descriptions of the specials for each of the tables?"^^ . . "4"^^ . "2"^^ . .