text: An excellent Italian restaurant in downtown Madison, WI. We caught this place out of the corner of our eye and boy am I glad we stopped in for dinner. It's not a large place, but it's very cozy and we had a great time kidding around with the staff. The food is excellent - every one of the six of us in the group had nothing but good things to say.\n\nThey brought some freshly-baked bread to the table and we ate probably 3-4 baskets of the stuff. The butter for the bread was awesome. I wish I could remember what was in it (it was a compound butter) but I can't. Just know that it's really good.\n\nSalads for our group were: Insalata Caprise (mozzarella, tomatoes, artichokes, basil, garlic, olive oil); House salads, we tried different dressings including Spicy Gorgonzola, Spicy tomato and Italian Chunk. Each were great but I'll warn you that the spicy part is true. It's a heat that builds up the more you eat it. Delicious.\n\nI had the Spaghetti Alla Bolognese which was to die for. The sauce is wonderful and the dish was served with a small side of sauteed green beans. For such a simple dish, I was very impressed. Others in our group had Rigatoni Alla Vodka (both gave it great reviews) and Fettuccine Alla Corsara (pasta w/ salmon) and it also got great reviews.\n\nI highly recommend this restaurant - we were blown away by the food and the wait staff.