Robert P. wrote: > > Someone wrote: > Robert P. wrote: > : > > Someone wrote: > : >: I'm looking for a suggestion of a nice Italian restaurant that has a bit > : >: of a personality to it, not your standard very nice place (ie. I Matti), > : >: but something that's nearly as good, but with a slightly livlier > : >: personality. > : > > : I'm a big fan of Primi Piatti downtown. Great pastas and great fish, very > : lively and friendly atmosphere (at least at lunch time). I'm always > : surprised that no one mentions it. > > I went there and hated every last minute of it. It was dinner, so therein > may lie the difference. I found it to be very loud, the servers were > condescending, and the food was overpriced. You may as well go to I Matti > and get better food, better service, and an extra bottle of wine. My > interpretation of Chris' request was that (s)he was looking for something > with a lower brow (and price tag) without sacrificing the basically good > food aspect. If I am wrong about that, sorry. (I still like Otello). > > -- > Bob or Essie, Essie or Bob? > > BTW - I mean overpriced in the $20 - $30 / rather mediocre entree way. I > did not order pasta. I just had dinner at ECCO in oldtown Alexandria last weekend. I was surprizingly very pleased. It is more of a casual Italian place (nothing like I-Ricci) with mostly Pasta dishes(southern Italian). The food was really good with huge portions, the price was decent and it had a lively atmospher. I prefer this to I-matti. I-matti has a very limited menu which I really don't care for.
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