Cinghiale

To say that these dishes are cooked by heavenly creatures not of this world is an almost accurate description of the culinary experience I had here. The words to describe it don't exist in any language but I'll try with words I do know. The bruschetta was the perfect introduction to the magic that was to come. I nearly died a thousand sweet deaths from my first bite of the squid ink pasta. While the torta caprese was a must and an elegant ending to the meal, the cherry on top was the Barolo Carboic wine which complimented every course. The service was fantastic and the restaurant is gorgeous. I'm not a foodie. I never gush over food and restaurants but I have a new found appreciation for those who are, as I've gotten a glimpse into their experience. I was and still am totally blown away. As I write this, winding down from a long day, I pray those heavenly creatures at Cinghiale sends me dreams of pesto, parmesan cheese and pasta sauce.

My husband has been deployed since November to Baltimore and I flew from Washington to visit him. He knows I love good Italian so we made a reservation elsewhere with good reviews. We tried to find parking at elsewhere but nothing could be found. It was late and we knew finding anything last minute would be tricky. We parked and found you guys. We walked in and realized immediately how under dressed we were compared to other diners. No matter we rolled with it as we were starving. They didn’t seem to mind and quickly found us a lovely table despite not having a reservation. From start to finish it was an experience we’ll never forget! Our server Was Amazing ( we think his name was Chris or Joe- please forgive us if we’re wrong we couldn’t find our receipt but you were amazing we were the ones in Patagonia sweaters hahaha and asked you so many questions) and he went out of his way to explain everything with such great detail which made our experience even better. He wrote down a few of

For some reason, it took me way too long to try out Cinghiale, but I am so happy I finally did. This restaurant absolutely blew me away, and it's safe to say it's one of the top restaurant experiences I've ever had. We're not big meat eaters, so rather than doing the tasting menu, we stuck to appetizers and pasta. The cheese plate was an amazing start to the meal. We picked two types of cheese, and it came with a big portion of both, as well as delicious crostini and strawberries. For the main course, I loved that they offer half sizes of pasta, because I was able to try two smaller bowls of two pastas that sounded good, which is way more interesting to me than one big bowl of the same thing. Every pasta we ordered was incredible. And for a reasonably priced "half size," the portions were still large enough that I had lunch the following day. It was some of the best pasta I've ever had. We also loved our drinks, from the cocktails to the 3 oz. pours of wine that, like the pasta, allow