really no!. i will first start with a positive, the service was casual and attentive.
the rest, i'm afraid, is about the poor quality of food. i am a first-generation born in america italian. i make nearly yearly trips to visit family in tuscany, italy. several members of my family are professional chefs, in the us and in italy. i knowitalianfood, northern and southern. this little restaurant needs some help. i ordered the minestrone and the polenta appetizer. first, the minestrone had full size penne that i could tell upon first glance was over cooked. the pasta was completely bloated and falling apart. the ingredients in the soup seemed to be carrots and pasta- this might have been poor scooping. however, the minestrone was made with a tomato base that was akin to campbells tomato soup, yikes. (minestrone is a stock based soup. and minestrone does not rhyme with "pony" fyi) after struggling through this, i hoped the polenta would be better. unfortunately, i was wrong. the polenta was cold, which they tried to remedy with a super hot sauce. the sauce tasted the same as the minestrone. i can only assume that they used the same base for this. it was all so uninspired, the food had no soul. this is not a replacement for roberto's.
i know that restaurants will do fusions and new spins on old ideas, but quality is quality. i feel that, at the very least, anitalianrestaurant should have a good sauce.
my friend ate two bites of her cannelloni and refused to take it home. i have never seen her not finish a meal. she was too kind to utter any poor word in the restaurant, saving all of her comments for the car.
trattoria, please reconsider your recipes and make italians proud. thank you.