Having read an enthusiastic post about Abruzzi's (10th st between Carson & the bridge) we decided to try it. The decor is a little plain, but they have decent tableclothes and the atmosphere is pleasant. The service was surly and slow. We ordered our food and then waited over half an hour for a plate of mixed antipasti - several rolls of cold meats, some sticks of ordinary yellow cheese and 5 steamed mussels with three olives. We were informed that the chef had been on his break and that was the reason for the delay. I have never heard that excuse before. We both ordered from the extensive pasta menu. I had a dish with sausage and meat sauce and my wife had the meat and tomato sauce on spaghetti. Both dishes were what we have come to recognize as standard Pittsburgh Italian: heavy and greasy. Also, it always puts me off my food when I am given a portion so large that two people couldn't finish - though I appreciate that some people consider this a positive feature. My meal was very ordinary, overly greasy with almost tasteless sausage. My wife's meat sauce was almost inedible with an unpleasant taste and an equally nasty aftertaste. I don't know what the two reviewers who have posted here complimenting Abruzzi's ate, but we were very disappointed and will not return. /=========================================================\ \ David Chinn E-mail: [email removed] / / Psychology Dept, \ \ Carnegie Mellon University, / / Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Tel (412) 268-8112 \ \=========================================================/
Pittsburgh, PA