Save a few hundred dollars, buy the stuffed pasta at Trader Joe's and prepare it at home. Paying $16 for a plate of overly chilled beets that could have been canned, another $20 for a miniscule plate of tortellini that claimed to be stuffed with burrata and was so salty that we thought we were cows on a salt lick is ridiculous. Out of our recent meal there of four dishes, two were returned to the kitchen. The salad we did eat was pathetic - some shredded endive and six grapes cut in half with tasteless frozen blue cheese (it said roquefort on the menu - not!). The tortellini was returned as inedible. We commented that it was overly salty and tough, and suggested that the kitchen was not tasting the food. The response to our complaint was that the regular chef was there. Period. When the offending plate was removed from the table the owner stacked other plates on top of it to insure that he was not going to inform the kitchen of the faux pas. We have eaten in many fine restaurants in this country and all over Europe - including Italy. No self respecting Italian would be associated with anything coming out of this kitchen. As a diner, it was insulting to eat there. This had been at least our twelfth visit to Piccolo, and our last. It was terrific when it first opened. What happened to this gem? Gordon Ramsey couldn't even save this place.
Pros: Great Beach Location
Cons: No Reservations, No Parking
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