text: I stopped by here this past Saturday preevening for dinner with my fiance and other dining companions after catching a matinee at the Cabaret theater I have been wanting to try this place since I had read about it opening and this proved to be the perfect opportunity Walking down Penn Ave Sierra Mercato is not exactly the easiest place to spot Thankfully we knew that it eventually would consist of three different floorsrestaurants and eventually spotted a cleverly depicted sign with cutouts one for each Once we were inside I was surprised but happy to see that the restaurant had a rustic feel to it As a matter of a fact I think this restaurant would be just at home in a small town as it is near the heart of the citynnSince this was our first time here we wanted to try a number of different items My fiance and I started out with their buffalo fried chicken balls as well as some pountine topped with pancetta Whenever I ordered the poutine the waitress asked me what type of gravy I would like with it I have had pountine a number of times and never have I been asked what type of gravy I wanted Even so I quickly answered brown gravy which the waitress translated to chicken gravy which was ok by me After only a short wait our first two dishes came out The poutine ended up being pretty good especially with the addition of the pancetta My only complaint about it would be that the cheese curds were completely melted and I could not even tell that they were curds The buffalo meatballs on the other hand were superb I loved the spiciness of the sauce as well as the topping which was a blue cheese like dressing and even thought that the meatballs were pretty good too Then for my entree I decided to order two meatball sliders so that I could try different combinations of meatballs and sauces The first was a chicken meatball with a creamy parmesan sauce and the second a pork meatball with the arribiatta sauce while my fiance went with the grinder with beef meatballs and a spinachalmond pesto sauce I cannot say that I was really wowed by either of my dishes although both were still plenty good The arribiata sauce provided a nice spice while the creamy Parmesan had a nice comforting flavor to it especially with the meatball underneathnnThe bottom line for me is that I would stop by here again in the future It might not be my first pick downtown on a normal day but if I happened to be craving some comfort food then this would be the place to head to