La Cipollina Ristorante
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La Cipollina Ristorante
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A review of a fine dining Freehold, New Jersey restaurant serving up Italian food.
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This BYOB restaurant, owned by Anthony Braica is located behind the Market Place parking lot in downtown Freehold, is an Italian fine dining restaurant that fails to distinguish itself from a crowd of other mediocre Italian restaurants in the Freehold area.. The atmosphere is softly lit background lighting, elegant columns, brick walls, and a mirror at the rear offering a cozy, inviting decor. While it stiil has many of the qualities of a fine dining restaurant, in recent years they seem to haver lost their focus and attention to detail. Beginning with table setting where you are apt to find the water glasses of each diner being a different size, and some tables having their candles lit while others have been overlooked. Also, poorly trained wait staff assistants can be found struggling with the opening and pouring of your bottle of wine. The crowd tends to be older, typically in their sixties and seventies and with background music from another era, mainly Frank Sinatra, Louie Prima, Dean Martin, etc. They offer a seasonal four course prix fixe menu ($39 per person) includes well prepared selections such as Prosciutto di Parma, Black Mission Figs and Fresh Mozzarella; Grilled Gulf Shrimp with Gran Marnier, Dried Winter Fruits and Basmati Rice; and Medallions of Veal Sauteed in Cognac, Holland Roasted Bell Pepper, Fresh Basil and Fontina Cheese. |
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