"Mandola’s in The Triangle feels a little bit like a movie set for a film about a casual Italian restaurant in a big city somewhere, complete with a little marketplace selling imported olive oils and dried pastas right next to kitschy posters and tall stacks of wine bottles. Stop in during the day for a lunch-only personal pizza or half panini, or show up for dinner and choose from a greatest hits list of Italian-American classics like fettuccine alfredo, eggplant parm, and spaghetti bolognese. None of it will blow your mind, but you’ll leave satisfied and with a small box of leftovers. You can also get gelato. " - nicolai mccrary, raphael brion