Monday, September 10, 2007

Cioppino's


Cioppino's is a real find on Nantucket: a full-service restaurant with fine food AND reasonable prices! Last night we had an exceptional meal for a modest price (by Island standards) and found the service and food excellent.

One of us had a pear-apple salad and wild mushroom stuffed ravioli with goat cheese, tomato and black olive essence, and the other had a delicious lobster bisque with actual lobster in it, and the nightly special: red snapper with spinach and a lemon butter sauce. Each of these was well-prepared and presented. We were so full that we did not order dessert, but did have coffee. The dinner with tax and a bottle of Pinot Grigio was only $116.

The service was warm and friendly. Initially we asked to wait a second before we ordered cocktails, and the waitress then forgot to come back. When the host discovered that this had been overlooked he quickly rectified it. How restaurants recover from these slip-ups is again a measure of their quality. We might go back again before we leave!

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