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Another great review: ⭐⭐⭐ (3 Stars) "Elisa’s Restaurant and Café. This place has been here forever, it seems, and for the most part, that’s a good thing. The crowd on a Friday night was familiar, and seemed to be mostly regulars from the neighborhood. Not what you’d call a &#34;see and be seen&#34; group, but that’s ok.Service is good; at least it was for us. A very pleasant young waitress took our orders, and immediately a basket of good crusty bread materialized on the table, along with some butter and a bottle of spicy, infused olive oil, which was nice...not too much heat, but enough to let you know it’s there.Now, the apps are numerous, and the calamari, prepared any number of ways, is touted as a specialty. It’s not. I’m sorry. This was rubbery, bland, the crispy crust falling off...not an auspicious way to start off. And the portion was small. $13 for an appetizer sized portion of not very good fried calamari seems excessive. I finished it off (of course) but won’t order that again. My wife’s baked clams were small too, but she said they were ok. I don’t like clams so I’m taking her word here.Entrées are reasonable. The Lamb shank I had was tasty enough, and I enjoyed it quite a bit, as well as the pasta side dish. My wife’s pizza was really quite good. Thin, crispy, with spinach and cheese, and just perfect.  I would order that again. In fact all the pizzas looked good. The basics of chicken and veal parm were really good and satisfying, too.My wife finished up with a VERY expensive cup of Italian coffee (I don’t care what you put in it, $10+ for a cuppa coffee with some Frangelico or Baily’s or whatever is ridiculous). The Glass of 2012 Port that I had was good though the pour was on the stingy side. $12 for that isn’t going to kill you, though.I know it seems like I’m not loving this place, and true, I’m not LOVING it...but I didn’t NOT like it, really. It’s just nothing out of the ordinary. The people there were apparently enjoying themselves though, and I did too. That lamb was good! Would I go back? Sure I guess so...they have some good specials, and the pizza is on point, and the food isn’t bad and the service is fine and ....you get the point. Why not?" Oct 8, 2018 - Matthew R. (Yelp)