timpano
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Right before the concert we joined a couple of friends, Chris and Joy, for dinner (along with my sister, Rachel) at Timpano Italian Chophouse in the Dr. Phillips area. Considering this is a "chain" restaurant, although more upscale, it's pretty decent. The food is always tasty and presented nice and a decent selection of Italian wines makes the joint enjoyable when you want to have an "adult" night. Actually almost all the restaurants in the Dr. Phillips area are all pretty nice. It's the dining spot whenever our good friend, Jen, decides to hang out away from Virginia.

Our server was pretty attentive at first, but soon lost a couple of stripes once the place started to fill up a little. Salads were left out and some dishes were overhyped as if she worked on commission. She also had an eerie resemblance to another Jen we had the pleasure of knowing before she moved to Atlanta. Smoker's voice and almost yelling in our ears she became somewhat annoying after awhile.

I did manage to try an Italian Cabernet/merlot that we really enjoyed called Luna di Luna. A couple of days later I managed to track down ONE last bottle of it at our local World Market.