You’ll rarely find good pasta outside an Italian restaurant. The orecchiette alla norcina here is creamy cheesy and sausagy. It’s too bad you can only get it on Thursdays. The calamari appetizer and the rock shrimp risotto are satisfying. Consider this a safe place to get a little more adventurous and try something unusual like the goat cheese profiteroles. I’ll have to go back a couple more times.

This place is almost there – some hits and some misses. It’s a cozy restaurant… a bit too cozy. We asked for a table for 2, and it felt like we were seated at an already occupied table for 4 – there was just a couple inches between our table and the next one over. We started with the bone marrow – the chutney served with it cut the richness and decadence of the bone marrow very nicely. The pan-seared monkfish was tasty – nicely seasoned with a crusty sear. The olives provided a salty balance to the light fish and sweet vegetables. The braised pork belly was disappointing. I usually LOVE pork belly, but this was all jiggly belly(fat) and no pork. At the end of our meal, homemade caramels were served up with the check – they were deliciously buttery and rich.

Great brunch place! Make sure to try their french toast – just awesome!