Now I’ve written previously in this space about Arrabiata’s, but the meal I had there a few weeks ago was a completely different story.  Jessie and I met there for a late dinner after some independent Christmas shopping.

I ordered the chicken arrabiata and it was just pathetic.  I like spicy foods a great deal and the heat in this dish was nice, but it was prepared so half-assed.

Here is a quick walkthrough of the cook preparing this dish: cook chicken breast in pan, throw in a handful of peppers, pour in some marinara sauce, sprinkle with pepper flakes and garnish with two cherry peppers.  Bing, bang, boom.  Joey Buttafuco.  Gimmie your $16!

Arrabiata’s is capable of turning out better product than that.

Photo:Howie Berlin

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