I went along to the new Italian place last night, and I was pretty underwhelmed, which is a shame because I like the VM people and their food's not bad. There was bugger all vegetarian food, except for salad and plain boiled spaghetti... well, until the Domino's man arrived (which was comical) and I got a tiny slice of pizza. On the plus side, there was free beer, and the background spectacle of Carlos from Station Rise climbing up and down the coffee machine, trying to get it to work. If they could get him to come and do that every night, I reckon the place would be packed. It seemed like the evening was really more of a 'thank you' event for the builders, who devoured ears, nose and testicle (or whatever was in those meatballs) like it was the last meal they'll get this year. They'd even hired in a screaming toddler from
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And yes, it was freezing in there. I hope they sort things out a bit better for when it opens properly (next week, I think).