The pizzas are good as well — although I’m not sure I pick up on the smoky/meat flavor you mentioned.

I think the only real problem I have with the restaurant is that it’s a bit pricey. I wish there was a little more variety in the items, of course.

Oh — the Eggplant Parm is generally pretty good (although I think Mel’s Eggplant Parm is way better ). We ordered it one time and they gave us a bad cut of eggplant (the heel or something) — it was really tough; They replaced it though, so it’s alright.

So, the dipping oil is awesome, and I love the chopped salad. And I do like the pasta mediterranean.

However, the bread (including pizza dough) tastes like meat to me. I’m sure it doesn’t have any in it, but I don’t like the taste. Has anyone else had this experience? It’s a smoked flavor, and I have no idea what it would be coming from.

I’ve tried the basic pasta with marinara sauce (I can’t remember the name, and don’t see it on your menu) and it tasted like standard store-bought spaghetti sauce to me. So definitely not worth the $9 or whatever it was. And that, I believe, is the only vegan entree. Hopefully the pasta mediterranean could be made vegan by not including the feta?

I’ve tried the cheese ravioli and the gnocchi, also. The ravioli was good, but used the same standard-tasting marinara. The gnocchi was nice, but so cheesy and rich that I wouldn’t want to eat it again for my arteries’ sakes. I assume the fettuccine alfredo would be, as well.

My wife can eat wheat, but absolutely no meat – so she had pizza with veg – good crust, but both of us concluded that, while we liked what we were able to get, neither of us could manage more than 1 meal at the place – tough to want to go back and try it on a regular basis. . . .