A big fat Meh. \n\nAdmittedly I am a huge Italian snob, I grew up eating a ton of it and really adore the cuisine. After reading so many fabulous reviews I was prepared to be blown away! We dined outside in their patio under the awning (in a busy parking lot) on a Tuesday night - not the most secluded nor relaxing, but it's in a strip mall of sorts and the beautiful night made it A-ok with me. \n\nWe started with the Funghi appetizer (baked mushrooms/cheese/sausage with cognac cream sauce). While the flavor was good the mushrooms were way off temperature wise and tasted barely heated through. I would have been happy with this dish if the food was hot.\n\nI don't mind paying almost $7 for a salad if the dressing is delicious. I am shocked that they advertising their Caesar dressing as homemade because it tastes suspiciously like a pre-mix bag salad kit dressing. I did like that it had an egg on the side but it was nothing special - not even particularly good. I didn't finish mine.\n\nMy main course was the raved about gnocchi. I went with the 4 cheese sauce and split that with a friend who had the bolognese (fyi it is $3 extra if you want extra sauce on the side). The pasta was WAY overcooked, pretty much balls of mush. The sauces were lackluster. I did get to try the other two (pesto and brown butter sage). The pesto was voted best among the group, but I really thought it was nothing special. I've had much better gnocchi...Aria for example. \n\nOur server was a nice guy who really tried to accommodate us, though he was entirely too quiet. I could barely hear him and I was closest seated to the end. \n\nOverall it was a bit of a let down, on to the next Italian restaurant....
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