Never heard of it. Turns out there are some other decent italian options that don’t require 3 month wait.
I went into last night expecting to hate it because it’s in Bel Aire and I was sure it was just thematically italian food at crazy prices and I was really pleasantly surprised that while the prices were indeed crazy which I can accept given their clientelle, the food was actually great!
It wasn’t my choice as we celebrated my sister’s birthday. Our group had the private space upstairs and I had nothing to complain about at all! Some of the staff was actually Italian as well.
Bread was glorious.
her branzino was lovely… very nicely cooked… good broiled aroma
i dont have to comment on the Montalcino
frito misto was damn near phenomenal and much bigger than it looks here.
pops tore up the aragosta pasta
BiL’s on the bone milanesa was amazing looking… i didn’t get to try,
and i went with their special veal chop smothered in a porchini sauce and it was just superb… so well cooked to medium rare, tasty and sauced quite well… perhaps a bit underseasoned but as the russians say “nedosol na stole, peresol na golove” … undersalted? it’s on the table (the salt)… oversalted? it’s on your (cook) head
also loved their buratta salad and their carpaccio… pumpkin ravioli made with green pasta was great also… and kids tore up their pizzas though i didn’t get to try.