text: This is our favorite Italian restaurant in the area. Great ambiance - it's always busy. If you don't reserve ahead - can be a bit of a wait on Fridays or Saturday nights. We usually go along a little later to miss the rush and can get seated right away after 8:30pm\n\nThey have recently expanded to include the shop that used to be next door. Bar has been moved over and now more entrance space in the lobby.\n\nThe staff are very friendly, knowledgeable and there seems to be very little turn-over since it's often the same folks we see serving in the restaurant year after year.\nMy wife loves the Ravioli di Zucca (butter nut squash) dish - slight hint of nutmeg and goof for vegetarians. I usually go with the Seafood Fradiavolo (mussels, shrimps, calamari etc. with linguine pasta). We should experiment more, but love these dishes so always go with them. The house Chianti is very nice - can never remember the name.\n\nDishes come with a salad or soup. Salad ingredients always fresh , but perhaps they could change it up a little.\n\nWe have had the odd hiccup  over the years, but forgive them the odd lapse since on average the service and food are great.