feeling squeezed by picco

[katnat]

went to picco, the restaurant side, this weekend like several ops. I wanted to like this place, I really did. Service was smooth initially but towards the end, they were clearly in a rush to turn our table. While we were having our coffee and finishing dessert, they pointedly brought our bill. Not 5 min later, they came and remarked on the fact that we still hadn't brought out our credit card. Come on, if I'm spending that kind of money, can I at least have an hour and a half to enjoy my meal?! Also, prices seemed high for quantity of food. $22 for a tapas size portion of (overcooked) scallops? $13 for a weird skewered raw hamachi, green bean and pepper with a soy sauce dip thing? If there was as much hamachi as you'd find in a standard nigiri sushi order, I'd be surprised. Don't know what the pizza part of the operation is like, but I'm not impressed with the restaurant.

[rworange]

The pizza side on my two visits has been mellow and never rushed.

The first time they were packed yet no one was pushed out.

Yesterday was a Monday and I went early, so only the outdoor tables were occupied.

Even so, they let me sit at a four-top and let me linger enjoying the warm day. Also, at another table one guy ordered a glass of wine and lingered ... and lingered ... reading a book and decided not to order and they never pressured him. I was impressed by the pizza side in that regard.

[Husky]

regarding the lingering non-eating book reader, i don't know if their lack of pressure on a guy that clearly should be at the library (not a restaurant) is admirable or bad business...they are, after all, a food service establishment.