My husband and I travel to the Seattle area (4 hours away from our home in Salem) approximately 3 times a month - specifically to eat at Osteria da Primo; that alone should tell you how good the restaurant is! \r
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Osteria da Primo is the best - and most authentic - Italian restaurant I have ever been to in the United States. This is probably because the owner and cook is Italian! This is very important to me because I am a Professor of Latin and my husband is a Professor of Roman History and Archeology, so we spend every summer in Italy. Osteria da Primo is the only restaurant that fulfils our cravings for authentic - and amazingly delicious - Italian food.\r
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The owners and waitstaff of Osteria da Primo are friendly and take good care of the customers. Within view of your table is an authentic wood-burning Pizza oven - just like those in Ancient Pompeii or Ostia - which is absolutely required to make authentic Italian pizza, quicky, at extremely high temperatures. The result is a flavor as if you were sitting in a Pizzeria in Trastevere, Rome - perfetto! The pasta are homemade as well, and the combination of flavors is to die for - Gorgonzola and Pistachio stuffed ravioli, for example. The menu is extensive so that anyone will find it almost hard to pick - because it all looks so good! \r
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For those of you who travelled to Italy, and have found most of the the bland, garlic-laden American imitations to be lacking, don't give up - you CAN find real Italian food in the Pacific Northwest! But only at Osteria da Primo.
Pros: Authentic Italian Food, Romantic Atmosphere
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