1. the valet parking ok. 2. the exterior/interior was nice 3. the nice stuff ended. 4. a waitress waved her arm saying "thats your table" 5. our waiter appeared 4 glasses of water, 4 menus, wine list 6 he wanted our orders right away 7. the feeling of being rushed set in 8 the wine served along with cold bread 9. the small table for 4 made manouvering tricky 10. instead of going person to person he stood and took our orders from one corner. 11. 2 minutes later the salads served 12 standing in one corner he reached over & served the 4 dishes 13 no sooner done our table was cleared 14. 2 minutes later, again from one corner the meals were served 15. it seems the food had been prepared at an earlier time. 16 pasta past being Al dente The veal needed the steak knives to saw it, 17 the effort to turn the table quickly soured the 4 of us 18 a lengthy letter sent. we had to phone for the results. which were sort of "so what" 19 we wont be going back

Highly recommended! Authentic Northern Italian cuisine. Best in the Tampa Bay area. "Chef Eddie's" cooking is outstanding...but the real flavor comes from owner and host Carmine. Ask him to sing you a song in Italian! He will.