text: Really I would give this place negative stars if I could While out for a walk to enjoy springs final arrival here in da burgh we stopped in for an afternoon snack Being between the lunch and dinner rush there were only a few other diners While I know they are not fully staffed at in the afternoon I still could find no excuse for the slow service This is Lawrenceville after all and you should expect a fair amount of foot traffic on a pretty day Obviously this was not taken into consideration when putting together the staff schedule It was either that or our waitress was just really bad nnWe ordered the goat cheese bruschetta the artisan cheese platter and diet coke First of all that are not goat cheese At least not any goat cheese I have ever tasted However given how much balsamic vinegar it was floating in my taste buds could have been confused Hint to the chef buy a quality balsamic and then us it judiciously This stuff tasted like the cheapest bottle of balsamic you can find at Shop ans Save nnThe artisanal cheese plate was simply a joke The first thing I noticed was the decorative strawberry that was obviously way way past it is fresh date Another hint to the chef if a strawberry is mushy and not the right color do not put it on my plate I will not miss the decoration but I will be dang sure to notice the spoiled berry sitting right in front of me I could maybe get past that if the cheese had been decent There was supposed to be cheeses and granted there were small piles of cheeses plus a few slices of pepperoni And yet more of that cheap tasting balsamic vinegar I know one of these cheeses was a smoked gouda but no guess on the other piles The waitress never bothered to say what they were and I suspect it was the same cheese just cut in different shapes I sure could not distinguish any difference in taste Artisanal this was not I suspect it was a small serving from one of those big cheese and meat trays they sell at any grocery store nnAll told our little afternoon snack cost and it was not just underwhelming it bordered on inedible Given all the truly wonderful restaurants in Lawrenceville I see absolutely no reason to waste your time or money on this place We live in the neighborhood and therefore dine often in the neighborhood However I can promise you we will never cross Matteos threshold again