... this resturaunt is called il Localino...not the macoroni grill or maggiano's or jonny carino's if you would consider your experience at any of the last 3 restaurants named, a ""great"" dining experience, then DO NOT GO to IL LOCALINO! It is a delicious adventure! through it's food, service and atmosphere you are transported to a relatively very inexpensive italian vacation..ah..if only for one night! Seriously, I dream about that calamari and I haven't had anything in this country taste so much like the real thing! We did get complimentary and not charged for later, sorbet and ciello and the owner created a dish for me and it was not only phenomenal but also the same price as the other entrees... If you have ever been to another country and you enjoyed it and didn't walk around the whole time in your white running shoes and fanny pack complaining about the lack of ""americaness"" of the place, but instead delighted in the fresh, can't quite put my finger on why this is so much better than what i've had at home flavors and the uninhibited light-heartedness of it's people, you will LOVE IL Localino! I have a sneaking suspicion that if you were to meet the people who wrote these negative reviews you would find that they would fit in one or more of the following categories: A) stuffy bore who just wants ""fine"" dining in a prim and proper setting and thinks fun is something to be checked off a to-do list or B) ignorant chain restaurant fan who sadly know no better and probably should stay outside the realm of ITP!
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