text: Ate at Bravo Franco before seeing a play at the Public theater.\n\nWhen I go to a restaurant I want the food to be better than what we can make at home. That's not what happened.  Watery salad, dry mashed potatoes, disappointing pasta, et cetera.  The service was fair, not engaging or happy.  I wish we would have looked at yelp before we went to this restaurant.