PRAIRIE

Highly recommend to come here! The cuisine feels like modern Italian than traditional Italian and every dish we had was delicious. I like that it's casual, homey and not expensive. Definitely a place to go more than once. Come with a group of people so you can try multiple dishes. it's not easy to get a reservation for a big group so book in advance. MUST GET: burrata appetizer, guanciale wrapped mochi, rice cakes pasta (tastes kind of like Chinese sticky rice cakes 炒年糕, papperdelle (any that they have! We got the mushroom one since we had someone vegetarian at the table but they also have a beef cheek one). The cod fish collar with fried capers was a new dish and it was amazing! Also don't forget to get some veggies - get the romaine lettuce salad! DONT GET: nothing was bad (so far)! They also have really good cocktails, so don't miss out on that!

Made same day reservations for 2 via open table for a Wednesday night. I arrived promptly for my 6:30 pm reservation. My friend was still looking for parking but I was seated right away. I was the only person in the restaurant at that time but by the time my friend arrived - closer to 6:50 pm, it was half filled. Our server was lovely and attentive but I never felt rushed (even though we stayed until 10:30 pm) even while I was waiting for my friend. We ordered the flash grilled avocado, sour cream and onion burrata, puntarelle green goddess, pappardelle and dessert. The avocado had a lovely citrus flavor to it and was lightly sprinkled with salt and pepper. The burrata dish came with three pieces of toast and a generous helping of burrata. We could taste the sour cream and onion without it overpowering the burrata. Neither of us have had puntarelle before but it was a nice hearty salad with a bit of crunch due to the puntarelle itself. Not pictured was the pappardelle which we liked (the pasta was cooked perfectly) but we forgot to add the chanterelle sauce which is $3 extra. I wish our server reminded us but it’s not her fault as it is written next to the pasta itself. We just both overlooked. Since we were celebrating my friend’s belated birthday, we got the Yuzu Ice Box Pie with Huckleberry sauce. Yuzu has a very distinct flavor (which I enjoy). It was like a Yuzu meringue pie. I had written on open table that we were celebrating a birthday but when the dessert came out there was no candle even though we saw others at the restaurant celebrating. It wasn’t a huge deal but our server came by later with two flutes of champagne to apologize for the oversight. I thought was very sweet of her and more than made up for it. I did notice that they have a Yuzu beer, yuzu soda and a Yuzu whiskey, so for Yuzu lovers, there’s plenty try. And although we were not vegetarians, we happened to end up eating only veggies but everything was yummy. I would definitely come back to try the other items and drinks! The restaurant filled up completely and I believe most people had reservations. It does get loud at times. At one point, I felt like I almost had to shout to my friend sitting less than three feet in front of me.

Great restaurant for “new Italian” cuisine. The tortellini and burrata were my favorite dishes that we ordered. They also charge a 18% service fee on the bill, but don’t expect a tip

Had a great dinner here on Thursday night. The best things we got were the pancetta wrapped mochi and the Calabrian XO ribs - in particular, The ribs were cooked perfectly, falling off the bone, and was extremely unique and special. Also tried the salt cod dip, beef cheek parapadelle and cauliflower. Pasta and cauliflower were good but not too unique. Salt cod dip was also good but really needed something else in it to make it more interesting (maybe some spice or something bright). The toasts that came with it could have been better/crispier (they were kind of hard) Service was great.

Wow. The food, wow. Absolutely love this place. Got lucky on a Friday night and managed to get a high top in the bar area. We started with the Bone Marrow, followed that with the meat balls, and finished with the Pappardelle. All there were amazing. The grilled bread and the flatbread were also wonderful.

The chicken legs are so tasty! Also, the burrata and the fish roe dish - there is some kind of homemade cracker that is unreal! Lots of windows make for a really nice setting - I went with a girlfriend but would be perfect for a date.

A great addition to the dining scene, Prairie gives a modern twist to Italian cuisine which has become somewhat tiresome of late with all the cookie cutter Cal-Italian places out there. Started with the Italian greyhound cocktail which was perfectly balanced and refreshing. The burrata on toast was lovely as well as the pappardelle with beef cheeks. The server commented that it's a modern take on beef stroganoff which I had to agree with. Finally the beef short ribs were just as good as I expected. I could have eaten a huge stack of them. I'll be coming back, hopefully often

Cool, hip spot with good food and drinks. Octopus and steak were well prepared and tasty.