Agrodolce

[mattohara]

Besides my mom's I'd say Agrodolce is the best food I've eaten in York.

http://www.agrodolcebyob.com/

It's a pretty large menu for such a small place, but everything we had was great. The housemade pastas are delicate and paired with straightforward ingredients in simple platings. We got the calamari because it is easy to share, and it was perfectly cooked. The chicken liver bruschetta was a fun combination of flavors. I got the scallops. They had a nice sear but were a bit overcooked. You could see where the chef had opened one up to check its doneness.

But don't be surprised if the service is horrible, as was our experience. They were overcrowded and understaffed, but when that's the case you open up the red bottle while you're at the table, so you don't have to rush back to do it later (or forget about it totally), and you don't try to impress by not writing down the order at the table, because then you have to spend another 5 minutes writing it down when you get back to the kitchen. We would have gotten dessert but it was a 30-minute wait just to get our plates cleared after we were all done. Also two dishes came out, then 20 minutes later the other two.

Bad service aside it's definitely worth going for the food and the affordability.

Edited August 27, 2009 by mattohara (log)