I usually don't think about the opportunity cost of the hypothetical dinners I'm giving up, that is until Peasant tonight. The only positive is the ambiance which is a trendy, dimly lit tratt with exposed brick. Our waiter, I think his name was Kosta, was as bad as I've had in recent memory- snide, resented translating the Italian menu which is part of the kitsch novelty of this place, and totally inequitable in time allocation across his tables, meaning we saw him at the beginning and check time. There was absolutely nothing in-between. The pizza as an app was adequate, but with Lombardi's and deMarco's around the corner, what's the point. The menu was much too narrow - 4 pastas and 6 meat dishes or so. The only attractive pasta dish was the gnochi with morels. The sauce was literally campbell's cream of mushroom, and the menu should have more honestly portrayed 'morels' as 'morel.' However, the gnochi themselves had really nice texture and were cooked al dente. I would sooner slit my wrists before returning here. ck
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