We've been eating there since about 2004, but this is my first review.\r
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Now open more than eight years, this tiny Italian star finally shines even brighter due to a long overdue building facelift. The Sutton Square shopping center (corner of Spring Forest and Falls of Neuse roads) has had the entire exterior refurbished, and Fresh Market now anchors the spot where Harris Teeter once was. The combination of more traffic and higher visibility (Capri was lost: stashed away in a gloomy corner), has led to the best summer in years for this North Raleigh favorite.\r
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Part of the fun of Capri is the floor show, and by that I mean ""The Pino & Dino Show"". These two Italian transplants, friends for decades, twirl about the room, joking and charming all who will listen. \r
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I typically can't wait to order the carpaccio: thin slices of raw premium beef atop a salad with huge shavings of parmesan, capers and walnuts. On this outing, however, the beef was sub-par and by the time I had finished, I had five small clumps of un-chewable fat on my plate. \r
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A special chicken breast stuffed with prosciutto, cheese, spinach and peppers was very good. But, the chicken cacciatore was even better: golf-ball sized pieces, each lightly breaded and sauteed in olive oil, served in a rich red-brown sauce of onions, mushrooms, peppers and sausage slices. It was the best I've ever had. I'm also very glad I ordered a side of rigatoni with Capri's dynamite vodka sauce (they should bottle that stuff!).\r
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Tiramisu arrived without us even mentioning it, and a magnum of house wine stayed on our table the entire meal. \r
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Total: $109 for two and all the wine we could drink (tax and tip included). It's surprisingly more than we've spent in the past at Capri, and I'm afraid we didn't closely examine the bill before paying. Perhaps they charged us for the entire bottle?\r
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Note: they serve only beer and wine and the setting is not luxurious.
Cons: no liquor
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