Uncooked Penne
Saturday, August 10, 2002
Read the positive review in Chronicle, and as I am a Noe Valley resident, I decided to give it a try. Not impressed..seem to have paid more attention to exterior and interior structural improvements than getting food right.
Had an average appetizer, decent bottle of wine for 50 bucks, and for the main course I had a slab of salmon adequately done and my girlfriend has penne, which was prepared unimaginatively and undercooked. Well undercooked.
Would have done better saving a few bucks on the stone work on outside of place and hiring a Sunday night chef who cooked do pasta. It is supposed to be an Italian restaurant, after all. More Noe valley hyped semi-crap
Pros: environment, neighborhood
Cons: food