I came here with my girlfriend last week for the first time. It was raining hard enough that night to discourage the crowds that usually wait to get inside. \r
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I really don't understand why anyone would ever wait to go inside this place. The food was absolutely awful! The salad was decent -- but, really, how wrong can you go with salad? I ordered the veal scallopini and my girlfriend ordered the shell-shaped pasta with broccoli rabe and sausage. \r
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The veal was definitely not fresh. For all I know, it might've older than my grandfather. It was thin, flimsy and dry and made moist only by the sauce. And my girlfriend's pasta dish tasted and looked like it was made by a five-year old cooking with her mother. The pasta, again, did not taste fresh. It tasted as though it'd been frozen, thawed, and dumped in boiling water. The pasta actually had a soggy texture to it.\r
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And to top off that miserable meal, another patron stole my $40 umbrella that had been placed in the restaurant's umbrella bin, leaving behind a cheap $2 Canal Street umbrella that I reluctantly took away to keep dry that evening. When I told the hostess that my umbrella had been stolen, she stated dumbly, ""Well, just take that umbrella, and you're even."" \r
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Bottom-line: Not only is Pappardella's food awful, their staff is also stupid.
Cons: Bad food, below-average-intelligence staff, loud music
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