Thursday, July 30, 2009

Antico Forno


Antico Forno, Boston
We read some good reviews of this Italian place in the North end neighborhood and it was on the freedom walk and it took reservations (we had 10 people) so we stopped there as we strolled. The restaurant is large with wood tables and an Italian wait staff that was not very friendly or cheerful. They sat us immediately at some tables pushed together and we waited about 15 minutes for them to take our orders.
The menu items included lots of pastas with a variety of toppings from alfredo to Bolognese (about $12), a wide range of salads and pizzas. We ordered a pretty broad selection and they were accommodating of our special needs: Lauren just wanted butter on her pasta and one of the other boys had allergies and needed a particular pasta as well.
I had a salad on focaccia with veggies and cheese and roasted peppers. It said it had zucchini but it didn’t come with it (which was fine with me because I don’t like zucchini). The salad was fresh, tasty and large (Marci and I shared it). Asha had pizza which I thought had way too much cheese on it but she ate 4 or 5 pieces of it. Marci had a baked pasta dish with sausage and red sauce which was fine but nothing special. Kesh had fettucine Bolognese. I think the noodles in this dish were homemade but they were too thick and kind of gummy but kesh ate it.
The service was lacking not only because they weren’t very cheerful but they never came back to ask if things were okay or if we wanted water refills (which we did because it was so darn hot). Overall, I wouldn’t return.

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