text: People say that living in New York changes you hardens you somehow makes you cynical I have never really found this to be true until my return to BravonnGrowing up in the South Hills Bravo was one of my favorite chains It was fancy it had table clothes it was better than the Olive Garden I recall being mildly obsessed with the chopped salad so upon my recent return I ordered a halfsandwich and the salad for a light lunchnnI was disappointed that the salad was full of soggy iceberg lettuce and a few offseason tomatoes The turkeybaconavocado sandwich was disappointing as well with just a few chunks of cubed avocado overwhelmed by a flavored aiolinnI guess I have been spoiled by having a huge variety of A Italian Bistros at my disposal but there is waaaay better Italian to be had in the burgh Skip the big box chains and head to your local redsauce joint Its likely to be cheaper more delicious and lacking giant fauxRoman columns with doubtful structural integrity