Pete B.
Yelp
I was just deeply saddened by this restaurant. I was taken to this in hopes of a good Italian meal, but I was sorely mistaken.
We first walk in, I am introduced to an empty bar, a staff-less front, and an awkward mildewy smell. After waiting for about three minutes a waiter notices us. We were still not greeted, but he proceeded to go to the kitchen to call on, what I would assume to be the host. After being greeted by the nice boy we were shown to a table.
After being seated, the table smelt of a sour rag mixed with mildew and some sort of solvent. It was quite pungent and hard to get away from the smell.
We looked at our menus. The menus were old, looking; bits of food stuck between the plastic covering and the paper. The paper itself looked as if it had not been changed for ages as the paper was turning yellow with noticeable wet spots that dried out.
The selection on the menu was vast but simple, working on the choice before and expanding. Everything was quite inexpensive as well. Our final ticket ended up being only $20 for two.
Five minutes go by, with the sun glaring into my eyes through the windows and blinds. I would have assumed a server or staff member would notice the bright shining rays of light piercing into the the eyes of its customers. Unfortunately, it took me about an additional five minutes to get a staff member to close the blinds. Mind you at this point there are only three tables being occupied, with one table already having been served.
A waitress finally showed and asked what we wanted to drink. She then returned with our drinks and some bread.
The bread looked and smelled amazing. Toasty on the outside, spreaded Parmesan cheese with garlic butter. It looked soft and wonderful. Unfortunately, looks can be deceiving. I grab a piece, and rip it open; to my surprise, the bread was slightly undercooked. I was greatly disappointed. It did taste great, but the undercooked dough almost ruined the dinner for me.
We proceeded to place our orders: one veal parmigiana and one meat ravioli. This is where we play the waiting game. Ten minutes go by, we have not been asked anything; no drink refills, no bread refills, nothing. Twenty minutes go by we are finally greeted by a stout woman whose attempt at being a good waitress, and asking how we are, was thwarted by her body language that seemed to scream a distaste for even having to come out and pick up slack of others. I will applaud her though on noticing that we have been waiting for a while.
We told her what we ordered, and she offered to refill our drinks and bread, which was nice of her. We waited ten more minutes, and finally the food comes out. Unfortunately, the stout woman knew what my order was but proceeded to calm the other order "this one". I laughed a little on the inside because I felt it would be something I would saw if my mind was wondering about the restaurant and it's status.
The food did not look that appetizing, but it did smell amazing. Mine had a little excess sauce so much that I couldn't find the noodles. I begin to cut into the veal parmigiana. It seemed to be almost as tough as leather. My first piece I had to saw thinking that I was a lumberjack at this point. I took a bite of the piece and realized it was slightly over cooked. My jaw was now going through it's own workout routine performing many reps before my jaw wears out. The spaghetti noodies did not taste fresh:homemade. The meat raviolis were blah and flavorless.
There was really nothing positive to say of the restaurant except that it was not costly.
I would not recommend this place as it just seems like a biohazard waiting to happen. .
