text: I went here during a recent weekend trip to Montreal.  While the restaurant is billed as \"authentically Italian\", in my opinion, it's far more Italian-American than traditional Italian fare (fine, if that's your thing).  Reminds me of the \"red sauce\" Italian places you find commonly in NYC.\n\nFirst up was a mozzarella di buffala with tomatoes and basil - a simple, classic dish that I love to make at home.  The dish was edible but the cheese was too firm, the olive oil was thin and watery and finally the basil was chopped too finely to be tasted.\n\nTwo pizzas were up for dinner, the Toscana with prosciutto, arugula and diced tomatoes and the \"chef's special\" with Italian sausage, rapini and parmigiano.  The first was fresh and tasty but a little uneventful.  The second was loaded with a cheap, salty parmigiano cheese that overwhelmed the flavours of the other ingredients.\n\nThe bring-your-own-wine, cash-only bit is a bit downscale given the prices. The servers are all in a tremendous rush to keep the food coming which makes it a difficult place to relax.  Great place to bring the kids since it's noisy and bustling though.  Given the chance, I probably wouldn't go back.