Jamie Wojciechowski
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Fantastic pasta, fantastic marinara sauce and wonderful staff. Overall, great Italian food
Walked by this restaurant during our last visit to Portland back in November and since it's always crowded, we decided to give it a try. Great choice.
For a starter we ordered the Insalata with organic mixed greens, grilled d'anjou pears, gorgonzola dulce, candied walnuts with a balsamic vinaigrette. The salad is fresh and quite good. Loved the walnuts.
For our meal, I ordered the four cheese lasagna with a marinara sauce. The marinara is pure Sicilian with fresh whole tomatoes and perfect taste and not to acidic. The lasagna was fantastic, many layers of pasta and cheese covered with sauce.
My partner ordered the cheese ravioli with the marinara and loved his dish. Our son ordered the ravioli with a pumpkin filling and the marinara sauce which he said was amazing. His partner ordered the spaghetti with meatballs and a marinara sauce telling us that the meatballs were very good and tasted fresh.
For dessert we tried the cheesecake which was super rich, and the vanilla ice cream.
The food is fresh to order and very tasty, we just loved the marinara sauce, being vegetarian it's hard to find a great meatless sauce.
The staff are friendly and available to assist with the menu. We had the privilege of the owners daughter assisting our table and we felt like friends after the meal.
Overall, great food.