Overall impression: Excellent homemade pasta. Simple fine dining.
http://www.ctrattoria.com/
Last week I didn't try a new Worcester place, as we were out of town on vacation. (Brief food review of Quebec City: Excellent croissants and risotto, inedibly bad Indian. Didn't try the poutine since I'm vegetarian). So this week I'll try to squeeze in two places. Stop number one: Tuesday dinner at Cafe Espresso on Chandler Street.
My good friend Erin came to give a talk for my department's seminar series (she was great, go Erin!), so we went out together at the end of the day. We were joined by two other friends/colleagues who Erin also knew beforehand (the science world is very small). I wanted to try Cafe Espresso for the express purpose of blogging about it, and dinner companion Michelle was thrilled - she loves it there. I can say Michelle really does have great taste, I thought the food was wonderful.
I had homemade cavatelli with broccolli, Erin had a homemade pasta too, while the others got the specials. One special was wild boar, but the other slips my mind. And I wasn't even drinking! It is BYOB, but we didn't B. Since we arrived early, sans alcohol, and were the first group in the whole dining room, I made some joke about being early-bird blue-plate special old ladies. And... the very next group that came in was 6 or 7 elderly women. So I wasn't too far off. (I hope to be going out with groups of girlfriends well into my 80s or beyond.)
By the time we finished the meal many other tables were full. Mostly middle-aged couples and groups, but a few families. The restaurant doesn't look like much from the outside (kind of strip-mall-ish), but the inside is nice. There was a flickering fluorescent light that drove me a little crazy, though. Other than that, ambiance is fine. And I'm sure the light will be fixed soon.
I will go back to with Eric, I think he'd like it. Since he is the photographer in the family and he wasn't with me Tuesday I have no pictures. Sorry! All you need to see is on the website, anyway, so check that out.
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