Oh, Onesto...

So last night (Sunday), Onesto Pizza and Trattoria opened at the corner of Finkman and Macklind. No matter what anyone tells you, this restaurant is NOT in SoHa. It's in Princeton Heights, PrinHigh, if you're sassy. Sassy like a couple of the ladies we went to dinner with last night, who walked there from their PrinHigh house. Not that we SoHa folks don't want to claim the place, because it's destined to be ridiculously successful. We waited for a table for nearly 45 minutes on its inaugural evening, not too shabby for a Sunday night. It's totally non-smoking (Yay!) and according to the SoHa neighborhood listserv, they applied for their 3 a.m. liquor license months ago. Right now, their hours are a little less decadent, but that's okay.

This review is part one of 3, because opening night isn't really the greatest judge of a place. And I'm dying to go back anyway.

Our party of five tasted the following:

House Salad--delicious mixture of fancy spring greens and grape tomatoes + provel, baby!
Salami Roll--delicate, subtle, too small for 5 people! Great preview of the spot-on red sauce.
Red Wine--Il Bastardo, Mmmmm.
Meatball Stromboli--excellent crust, makes delicious leftovers
Lasagna--Frickin huge. Solid. But kinda cold.
Eggplant Parmesan--Frickin huge. Different. Zesty. Also kinda cold.
Fettucini Alfredo--Reasonably portioned! Served with a perfectly cooked egg yolk on top...unfortunately, the Alfredo eater also has an egg allergy.
Tiramasu--direct quote--doubtful claim: "I've had better tiramisu than this once." Incredulous challenge: "Oh yeah, Where???" Sophisticated answer: "Rome!"

We closed the place down with the two squares of tiramisu and five forks, and nobody licked the white chocolate or raspberry sauce (I assume) off the plate, but only because we were all too full.

Overall, our appetizer came 1 minute before our entrees, which were on the cold side, they forgot my salad until after my entree came (but it was free!), our doggie bags got mixed up a little (and I hardly ate my eggplant parmesan so I could warm it up for lunch and enjoy it hot! :(  ) and it took our charming waiter a little while to get our check right, but it was still totally worth the 45 minute wait to get a table (did I mention it was it's FIRST night!) and I believe this summer is going to be a lot of fun.