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| Confit Chicken wings. We ate 3 before I remembered to take a pic! |
Sugo has only been open a few months and you can tell. Maybe this isn't a good way to start a post for a resturant that I really enjoyed, but it wasn't what I expected. The outside is offputting. It does not look like a nice Modern Italian resturant. I have faith that will change as they establish themselves as a great resturant. There is already a small grape vine growning from a pot near the door. Inside is a little better. They have painted and hung some cool pictures. There were a lot of tables and a long bar in the small resturant. We went on a Wednesday which is retail wine night. The wine list is not that impressive and I did not think it was cheap for a retail wine night. We had trouble picking which wine we wanted so the waitress let us sample a couple. We finally decided on a somewhat dry red. But...Lets move on to the food! We could not decide what to get to start because everything sounded good. The waitress suggested the Confit Chicken Wings. They were very tasty. The texture was great, and they were moist. The menu says they are tossed in "angry" chili sauce. We did not think they were spicy at all. The gorgonzola dipping sauce was not needed, but also tasted good. TBG ordered the Osso Bucco which came as two courses. The first (which is the whole reason he ordered it) was a plate of bone marrow with bread, fig jam, and a pickled vegetable mix. He loved it. There was more sides than he really needed for the bread, but still good. Then came our bread. The olive oil and seasonings were awesome. The bread was fresh and light. I don't always eat the bread because it fills me up, but it was good. I wish we had more time to enjoy this course before our entrees came out, but then I probably wouldn't have been able to eat ANY of my entree. The rest of TBGs meal was veal over risotto. I felt the risotto was slightly overcooked, but I'm probably a risotto snob. The veal was good. I ordered the Braciole. I again had to ask the waitress because so many things sounded good. She said the Braciole was the most popular so I went with that. Let me just tell you, I hated this dish. Hated it because I couldn't eat more! Usually I am ok with eating a few bites, enjoying the flavors, then letting TBG finish it off. We both walked out stuffed AND with a doggy bag of Braciole. This dish consisted of two huge pieces of filet mingon stuffed with italian sausage cooked in sauce served over gnocchi. I loved the sauce. It had just enough sausage flavor to it and the gnoochi were cooked perfect. The service was good. I expected rookie service since they have only been open about three months, but she was very knowledgeable about the menu and very helpful when we needed her to be. The food came out in reasonable amounts of time. There were not many people in the resturant, so at times we may have gotten our food too fast, but that's ok. The prices were reasonable. I was surprised by the amount of food we got. They also have a bar menu of sandwiches which I would love to try.
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Service____ 8 Chipps
Food____9 Chipps
Atmosphere____6 Chipps
Beer List____5 Chipps
Wine List____5 Chipps
Value____8 Chipps
It's a good thing you did not try the beef carpaccio for an appetizer. Very large pieces of fat running through it. I brought it to the waiters attention, he said he would notify the kitchen, but nothing was done about it. I have never had such over salty sub standard beef carpaccio. The dinners were fairly good. But the service, appetizer, and over all atmosphere left much to be desired.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment about the carpaccio. I know that we rate these places on a small number of dishes so I enjoy readying what experiences others have had! I agree about the atmosphere, but I gave them a pass since they are new to the building.
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