Allen's Reviews

Spicy menu?

I love how downtown Springifled has matured during the past several years. One thing that makes this evident are the small boutique restaurants like this one that have opened up in the downtown area. Good atmosphere. Typical menu of Italian fare. The bar upstairs looks neat (the ‘upstairs bartender’ was sick the night we were there, so the upstairs was closed), and if you can get a window seat by the sidewalk you can watch the downtown Springfield nightlife scene.

I tried the Shrimp Diablo. You’d expect the dish to be hot given the name, so I asked how hot. Seven on a scale of 1-10 our waiter said. I asked if the chef could tone it down to a 5 which they did, and thank goodness – I should’ve asked for a 2, it was still too hot to eat. My friend tried a speciality pizza which was also very spicy.

If you like spicy hot Italian – good pick.

Recommend to a friend? Probably not, unless they like hot Italian.

Would I go back? Yeah, I might try the pasta.

Atmosphere: 8 on a scale of 1-10. Nice, quiant, new and clean.

Staff: Our server knew all 10 specials by memory; staff generally seemed well oiled and organized, but it was only a Tuesday night.

Reviewed on: May 16, 2006