text: If you are calling to make reservations and restaurants turn you down and the th restaurant says it can seat you at on a Friday night just order a pizza insteadnnWent here to celebrate my boyfriend and his little brothers birthday Started out lovely piano and trumpet at the bar a violet prosecco cocktail which was tingly and tangy and very promising menu selectionsnnThe lil bro and lil sis ordered a house specialty with rigatoni When it arrived the both said it was a little undercooked When we cracked a rigaton in half there was the white circle inside From what I have always been taught and the internet has confirmed that means it is ALMOST done but not quite more minute The next time the waiter came by we pulled him aside quietly to give him and the kitchen a heads up that the pasta was not quite done He offered to cook up their dishes a little longer to get them a bit more palatable Fine sounds great Everyone happynnWhen the waiter returned he proclaims The chef wanted you to know that if you ever go to Italy ask for your pasta overcookednnI thought it was really uncalled for and soured the rest of the evening nnAlso someone ordered the asparagus risotto It was Uncle Bens white rice with chicken broth poured over it and asparagus stalks nnWhen I go to Italy again I will order all the correctly cooked pasta and risotto to realize what I missed on this night nnSecond star is for the cocktail and sweet hostess whom I hope finds another job soon