My friends and I went there after spending the day at the park with our little kids. The kids were fine at first but quickly became restless and irritable. Our server, Sierra (spelling), was so patient with us and the kids, she was very helpful throughout the entire evening, though we ended up leaving early to take the kids home. She even helped me packed my meals up to-go. We were very impressed with her and would highly recommend her. Not many people have the patience to deal with whiny kids. A big thank you to this waitress! (And the food was delicious as well!)
This place seems to be big on using cheese to mask everything, big on portions, but very lacking in taste and proper execution of any of the dishes. We started with the Spinach Artichoke dip, which was basically just a bit of the aforementioned ingredients, placed in what appeared to be an enormous pile of melted cheese (mozzarella and shredded parm I'm guessing?) I happen to love this dip and this has to be the worst I have ever had. No taste, shouldn't be served with bread, stick to the original tortilla chips (even in an Italian joint), and while there should be cheese in it, it should NOT be just a stringy mess, but a creamy dipable concoction of deliciousness, and this was NOT, it was a hard glob after sitting for less than 10 mins.
We ordered a cheese pizza for our daughter, which as a toddler, she refused to eat...but that has less to do with her taste in food and more to do with her age, lol. But we both tried it and found it just "Ehh", bland, nothing special to recommend it.
On to the entrees, I ordered the Pappardelle with pink sauce and shrimp. First mistake, the portion was way TOO large. Pappardelle is a wide, dense, eggy pasta that should swim in the sauce and other ingredients, and be like ribbons. If you have too large a portion, it soaks up the sauce and leaves a glumpy, gloopy mess, that has to be cut with a knife and fork....NOT good pasta eating. The sauce itself was ok, but could have used a good punch of garlic and basil. The shrimp were large, and they didn't skimp on them for the size of the dish, but they were a bit overcooked. The dish would have also been improved with the addition of a green element, like spinach or maybe asparagus. My husband got the half size of Lasagna. It was so drowned in cheese, that it looked bigger than the actual slice that was under the blanket of diary. The cheese made for some vigorous chewing for my husband. And the taste? He says "Stouffer's frozen lasagna is actually better"
we've become regulars here, from the Lasagna to the subs, to the pizza, I've enjoyed it all. Staff is great too, Luis, Blake, Sal. Everytime is a good experience.
Overall, I doubt for the price, the meal came to $44, and the underwhelming flavor of everything we had, that we will be going back.
Clean, good food, great customer service. Authentic New York Style pizza.
There food is excellent. The only reason I give them 4 stars is because it seems that every time I come in to eat pizza, they are always out of Peroni. Maybe they should consider putting Peroni on draft or keep a closer watch on their stock.
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