Daniel L.
Yelp
This restaurant serves some of the best Italian food around--seriously, we've loved it for years. But our most recent visit took a turn into the Twilight Zone.
The place was busy (as always), and we placed our orders: seafood pasta, fish special, veal Marsala, lamb chops, a couple salads, and calamari to start. The salads arrived in good time, but then... the Great Wait began. After a while, our server returned--not with food, but with a question: "What did you all order again?" Uh-oh.
Eventually, some entrees trickled in, but not without more confusion. He had to re-ask what my sister-in-law had, and the missing calamari still hadn't made an appearance. When it finally did, it was fashionably late--well after the main courses. And those lamb chops? Let's just say they were still finding their way toward "done."
Now, for the twist: amid all the culinary chaos, we noticed a woman attempting to swipe my wife's purse right off her chair. We stopped her ourselves. The staff? Totally unbothered. No confrontation, no apology--just business as usual.
It was a strange, unsettling evening--like the food was from Italy, but the vibe was from a low-budget heist movie. We still love the menu, but we're hoping this was just an off night... and not the start of a new theme.