So this happened at Nightingale tonight: Our server tells us their pizza are "big" because they are 12-inch. At 12", that is at the larger end of Neapolitan-style pizza , sure. But by any other yardstick, a thin 12" pizza for $17 is not "big". Maybe she was trying to set our expectations, or maybe it was just a reminder of price inflation / paying for name / paying for ambiance / whatever you want to call it. It's family-style / tapas-style, which is pretty much synonymous for wanting you to order several items per person to share, meaning your bill is going to be about 2-4 times what the average menu price looks like. For Nightingale, it's gonna look like $45 before tax and tip. Four is a good number. Any more and each dish needs to be more or less doubled up for everyone to have a good bite. Cranberry Ginger ($6 non-alcoholic) Not a bad substitution on the somewhat commonly seen ginger lemonade. Good bite but not so much as to linge...
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