618702 Sun May 10 08:37:43 -0700 2009 4 10 Florida 0 4670635 Has anyone been yet? I went last week and the experience was pretty good for a new restaurant. Lots of servers, pretty full for a Wednesday night. I had the Branzino which was ok, just ok in my opinion. My husbands chicken parm was good, probably better than my meal. So...what has been your experience. I am giving it another try today and see how it goes!!!! Sun May 10 08:37:43 -0700 2009 104564 SarahOM 1 4694900 Wow, I thought Racks should be renamed Racket for the lack of authentic Italian fare...that said, we didn't have pizza..we ordered Chicken Parm, got Veal instead (oops, said the clueless waitress--chicken, veal, it's all the same), Gnocchi with cheese, which had the consistency of golf balls and some Publix-grade (actually, Publix is better) prosciutto, sour mozzarella and provolone, all served separately on massive wooden planks---on which my husband remarked, 'what are they going to do, build a deck?'. Cheese and salumi served with nothing, no crackers, no bread. Just some syrupy, vile black olives. Bread we had to ask for was three slices of stale, cold something that may have resembled bread in its past life, served with yet another vile dipping sauce of tomato and oil. Chopped salad was doused in somethng that tasted like lemon pledge, clams were barely visible, the size of a small caper, buried underneath masses of breadcrumbs. The one good thing about the clams was the sauce. In between the cheese and salumi folly our waitress asked if we wanted to imbibe in the house specialty--a strawberry mojito. Because strawberry mojitos are exactly what one would have with chicken--excuse me, veal parmesan and rock solid gnocchi. Best of all, waitress made sure to tell us that everything we ate was available in their sub par deli. At that point, we just laughed, paid the bill and left, vowing never , ever to return. Mon May 18 13:37:07 -0700 2009 4670635 108629 HabaneroJane 2 4695775 That's the type of review I like to hear!!! Straight, honest and to the point. Hilarious that one reviewer wouldn't stop raving about the place (at least the pizza) but it sounds like you gave the full menu the go around and came back empty handed. Then again it's probably your own fault for not having gotten the strawberry mojito (I believe it's a specialty in Liguria, or am I thinking Havana?)! What gets me is that this is a prototype for a chain. Great start. Mon May 18 18:46:23 -0700 2009 4694900 12101 lax2mia 3 4696887 ha! It was clearly all my fault for not having the strawberry mojito. and seriously, this place made Olive Garden seem like a Michelin-rated restaurant in Tuscany. Good luck to them in chaindom--if they ever get there. Tue May 19 07:59:40 -0700 2009 4695775 108629 HabaneroJane 2 4696079 Should've had the pizza. www.foodforthoughtmiami.com Mon May 18 20:57:08 -0700 2009 4694900 35525 Frodnesor