I’ve had a Restaurant.com gift certificate for this restaurant for well over a year (possibly two years). We finally ate there about a week ago. When you walk into the restaurant, there is a large open seating area to your right, a private room on the left, and a barroom straight ahead. The walls have Italian carvings and pictures and the rooms (except the bar) are well-lit. There is a little bit of a personality disorder here considering there is a sports bar, but hey, if you can sell it, go for it.
The craft beer selection is amazing! We actually were able to try to beers we haven’t seen at other restaurants and they were pretty good. I wish I could say the same for the food. The vegetarian options are very limited (unless you remove some sort of meat from the meal). I opted for the Tortellini Olvera without the Chicken. So, tortellini with spinach and roasted pepper in a blush cream sauce. Sounds good, but fell flat. It was missing some sort of spice. There was enough of it on my plate for two meals afterwards. I added a heaping amount of garlic powder to one serving, but that didn’t do the trick. To the other, I adde some Red Pepper Flakes, and that helped a little bit. I think it needed basil and oregano to make it work. It wasn’t bad, just not that good. Before my main meal, I ordered the Insalate Capricciosa, but ended up with a side salad with no walnuts. Not a huge problem. The salad was lightly dressed and the raspberry vinaigrette dressing was spot-on, tasting exactly as it should. I cleared my salad plate! For dessert, we ordered the Peanut Butter Explosion. However, it was not as good as it sounds. It consisted of chocolate cake layers, peanut butter mousse, and chocolate mousse, with chocolate sauce decorating the plate. The cake layers were dry, and the mousses were OK. I would choose something else if I ate there again, but I don’t foresee going there again anytime soon.
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