The one dining experience that stands out for me was a little hole-in-the-wall type Italian joint near a shopping mall. I guess it's a word-of-mouth thing because they didn't take reservations, but it was plenty busy. When we got there, they told us it would be nearly an hour for a table and they gave us this light-up coaster thingy that would buzz when they could seat us. Totally worth the wait, though! The inside was really rustic looking with columns and greenery. We barely got to the table and they brought out these incredibly soft and garlicky bread sticks. We polished those things off in nothing flat and then the server brought even more along with this giant bowl of salad that everyone shared, so it was a family-style approach I guess.
As for the main course, my friend had the "fettuccine Alfredo" and I had this chicken cutlet cooked in a mushroom wine sauce, called Marcellus or something. We figured that Alfredo and Marcellus must have been like Italian emperor names or something and the food was named after them. LOL. Unfortunately, we ate too many breadsticks, so we couldn't get dessert, but I bet that was awesome, too. We saw another table with this giant bowl of chocolate something that would have been enough for one-and-a-half people!
I'm wracking my brain trying to come up with name of this place, it was like "olive grove" or something. Anyway, when we were there, we felt like family. 5 Stars!!!
