The place was packed, but we had a nice quiet corner table, so thus we got to eat without being rushed.
Robert chose the pane con gorgonzola for his appetizer. It was grilled bread covered with gorgonzola cheese (the Italian version of "bleu") and cream sauce, then broiled and melted. For his second course he chose the scallopini di milano, something I thought resembled a veal piccata. Dessert was the chocolate tartufo, and the whole meal was washed down with a couple of Dewars on the rocks.
Calamari fritti started off the meal for Leo, then he had the linguine con fruitti di mare and a glass of pinot grigio. He tried the tiramisu for dessert, which I also sampled, and we thought it was nicely authentic.
Ed ate a bunch of calimari then the tortellini alla panna, a tri-color cheese-stuffed tortellini dish with slices of Italian prosciutto, eating the squid and the ham even though he's Jewish! Dessert was the cheesecake.
I had a little insalata della casa, the house salad, to start, then the "special" advertised downstairs on the sidewalk, which was a whole lobster steamed and split accompanied by some linguine in a non-marina red sauce. They pulled the meat out of the claws back in the kitchen and split the lobster down the middle. The lobster was nice for the price ($16), but I thought the tail was just a touch overcooked and a tad bit tough. I tried the hazelnut mousse for dessert which was good in its own way, but it's not something I would order again.
Over all, I thought the food was pretty good, though there were several items we tried to order, but they were out of them. The service also wasn't really up to par, but it was a very, very busy night and the staff was constantly moving.
Leo and Robert had to mug for the camera for their traditional Kody Pose:
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