text: An excellent Italian restaurant in downtown Madison WI We caught this place out of the corner of our eye and boy am I glad we stopped in for dinner It is not a large place but it is very cozy and we had a great time kidding around with the staff The food is excellent every one of the six of us in the group had nothing but good things to saynnThey brought some freshlybaked bread to the table and we ate probably baskets of the stuff The butter for the bread was awesome I wish I could remember what was in it it was a compound butter but I cannot Just know that it is really goodnnSalads for our group were Insalata Caprise mozzarella tomatoes artichokes basil garlic olive oil House salads we tried different dressings including Spicy Gorgonzola Spicy tomato and Italian Chunk Each were great but I will warn you that the spicy part is true It is a heat that builds up the more you eat it DeliciousnnI had the Spaghetti Alla Bolognese which was to die for The sauce is wonderful and the dish was served with a small side of sauteed green beans For such a simple dish I was very impressed Others in our group had Rigatoni Alla Vodka both gave it great reviews and Fettuccine Alla Corsara pasta w salmon and it also got great reviewsnnI highly recommend this restaurant we were blown away by the food and the wait staff