La Zingara Trattoria

To start, I’m Italian and have grown up with Italian food my entire life so I know good Italian food when I see it. this place is DEVINE!! the food is amazing, the waitstaff is so attentive and kind, and the atmosphere is so relaxing and rustic. We had the BEST chicken Vesuvio and penne a la vodka! When we were done they surprised us with a piece of amazing chocolate cake with delicious frosting and filling in it to thank us for trying out their restaurant. all in all, this place would get 10 stars if I could rate that on here because it is THAT good! Run, don’t walk to this amazing restaurant, you won’t regret it!!

Our server Collin was attentive and got it right the first time. Food was delicious. Prices were better than a lot of competitors. Really nice guitar player for live music set the ambience.

First to start - I have lived in Italy twice for a total of 9 years. The owner was at the bar and the waitress as well, I guess they can’t even afford a separate waitress. There was another guy front of house. I had a dirty martini and it was fine. I ordered the mussels in garlic and white wine sauce. 12 mussels (that’s it) for $15. When I looked , technically it was executed correctly, but there was so much salt in the broth it tasted like the Dead Sea had been poured into it. I told her it was salty and over seasoned , no idea if she gave the chef any feedback. Then onto the tagliatelle bolognese- I know how to make a Bolognese sauce from scratch, it’s not rocket science. Again look executed well and - this was under seasoned, bland , raw carrots and no crush tomatoes or sauce, just chunks of tomato. I ate about a quarter of it and couldn’t take it anymore. 2 things were obvious- this was not an Italian cook, and he didn’t taste the food before it went out. I took the leftov