text: First the positives They are friendly and flexible The foie gras and Panzanella were outstanding My flank steak was good if not exceptional The disappointing part for me was that my wife and I came here three years ago and it was outstanding with the owner chasing us down in the parking lot afterwards to make sure that we had a great experience nnThe problem with this restaurant is one of identity It prices itself like Elements or a Four Seasons restaurant and yet the cuisine is somewhat impoverished For example the only seafood they had was Hake and Skate and the only meat was flank steak These are the cheapest cuts of seafood and meat you could find at the grocery store The other identity issue is that they bill themselvesor are billedas quasi Italian We are an Italian family so we are rather picky about what is good Italian My one daughter could not get through her seafood pasta and the pomodoro sauce was so thick and pasty so as not to be enjoyable If they want to know how to prepare a pomodoro sauce go to Andreolis and try GiovannisnnIt feels like the restaurant is in transition We were surprised to hear that they had no desserts other than cookies To their credit they brought out a piece of chocolate cake gratis for my wife because it was her birthday When we tasted it it was so dry and bland I could not help thinking as I looked out the window that a waiter ran to Safeways and picked up a slice from the bakeryi would put money on itnnWe really like these people and hope they turn the restaurant into something specialsomething it was years ago