anyone eat at Rino Trattoria?

[zoe b]

We're seeing a play Sunday--have a friend in it--and he recommended we meet there to eat beforehand.

Zoe

[Nathan]

It's a super-cheap midtown, mainly takeout and delivery place.

food's not good but usually edible.

[zoe b]

I was afraid of that....oh well, I'm not gonna rock the boat--it's his local joint, i guess.--thanks for the info, though.

[zoe b]

ok, well we did eat there yesterday--the food was pretty much as you said, Nathan--BUT I liked the atmosphere a lot--it's been there for 40 some years, our waiter was nosy and chatty.

And they make everyone who comes in feel welcome--a trattoria in the true sense of being a neighborhood place.

We did have one really delicious appetizer--it was a bed of sauteed spinach --cooked really nicely in lots of decent olive oil, topped with grilled portabellas and mozzarella--everything was simple, good quality and tasty.

Zoe