Joshua C.
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I'm still trying to figure out my experience here. Everyone was friendly. The waitstaff was attentive if not flying through the dining room at a pretty impressive clip, you may never see the same waitstaff arrive at your table twice. Very busy, loud... I'm just so confused about the food I was served. I have to admit I was resting on my laurels and complacent, but I figured "chef knows best" in most cases.
Anyhow I ordered the Pugliese, which was supposed to be "Cavatelli tossed with sautéed broccoli rabe, Italian sausage, shaved Parmigiano, garlic, and toasted breadcrumbs". It was missing Parmigiano, garlic, and toasted breadcrumbs. Had I checked the menu after I had tasted it, I'd have sent it back. What I received was cavatelli tossed with sautéed broccoli rabe, Italian sausage in a bowl with green pasta water. I just figured the dish sucked and the chef was a hack, turns out he's just forgetful which is kinda worse. This should have been caught at the service expo and never made it to me.
Should have kept the menu so I could have done something in the moment, but the couple we were with seemed to be having good time and I really didn't want to rock the boat.
I suppose it should be said that my partner's Scampi dish was incomplete as well (no garlic, lemon, salt, butter, or sear on the shrimp that I could see), but she said her shrimp was cooked well enough to not mention it. The scampi pasta had the same pasta water at the bottom of the bowl issue my Pugliese did, so she only ate the boiled shrimp. Neither saw a hot pan in retrospect.
Are all these reviews real? Or am I just the first person to ever order and review this dish? Replace it. 36 dollars for pasta water italian sausage rabe and cavatelli is a scam.
3/4 of us took to go boxes, and not a single one of us went back to eat it.