text: It is simple I do not believe I have given stars to an Italian restaurant since Yelping until now I can only hope that if you are in Phoenix and you try any of their locations your meal will be as great as oursnnAnd for us the revelation of why this meal was sooo good went back to the source fresh ingredients And how do we know that Tutti Santi cooks with fresh ingredients like fresh picked basil from their own garden Because Nina the year young owner shared that and a few other secrets with us at our table nnIt might have been the comment that the gnocchi was absolutely as good as my wifes and THAT COMMENT was made in front of my wife The word must have gone from our lips to the server to the kitchen to Nina herself Because from then on it was more than just a great Italian dinner experience It was a great Italian dinner experience with Nina She left the kitchen and came to our table sharing some cooking and life experiences and also sharing how she comes into the restaurant as early as am just to make their fresh pastas and that great gnocchi I could not believe her energy and spunk Waiter I am having whatever Ninas having for breakfastnnAnd yes we started by ordering their famous gnocchi appetizer You have got to order the gnocchi either the appetizer or the entree Enough said on that We then followed with one of the specials Penne pasta with chicken and Italian sausage in a pink sauce It was DELICIOUS and I could taste the very traditional Italian sausage which was perfectly seasoned And the chicken It was white meat strips that had an incredibly fresh taste and wonderful texture Our other dish was their eggplant parm And just how good was that My wife commented that it melted in her mouth the best version of eggplant parm she is ever had And it came with a very generous serving of spaghetti pomadoro The pomodoro is a basic red sauce and in this case a very Roma tomato fresh tasting sauce And because I asked about their meat sauces the waiter brought me a soup bowl filled with the Bolognese sauce which I liberally put on both their garlic bread and some of my penne pasta That could have been a meal in itself nnNinas kitchens prove the adage that there is no substitute for quality and freshness And she also proved that her affection for great food extends to her affection for her patrons as she brought us a huge serving of her inhouse tiramisu It was such a well balanced dessert almost as sweet as Nina Enough said