Final lunch in Rome (and Italy, overall) and we hopped on Yelp to help us find the best place for 'pranzo' which brought us to this location/area but the actual place we were after didn't seem to exist.
So we figured 'Samu' was "happening", let's give them a shot.
It was packed.
A gang of workers were constantly moving and hustling and busting their humps.
When you're eating outside at the corner of a popular intersection you know it's going to be lunacy between the tourists walking and the never-ending traffic (including a line of Vespas with sidecars - which was a new one for me to witness).
The 'cibo' came out quick and got (mostly) high marks...
The spicy pizza was a hit (although we'll never get used to having to knife-and-fork a pizza).
Gnocchi dish for the Mrs. (maybe her 10th time having gnocchi while on vaca?!) was "okay".
My pasta-with-pesto (how many times did I have pistachios while on vaca?!) was damn good.
And 'Kid Carnivore' went with the 'mixed-meat-grill' and dug it until he finished with their cut of steak which he compared to a "car tire".
Bill came and we realized our water's earlier "suggestions" were a sleek way to 'pad' the check (but, to be fair, the bruschetta they pushed on us was killer).
Place looked great/clean, "upselling" aside - we had an overall positive experience.
A good (enough) final meal/memory before it was time to head back to the states. read more