As a native from New Beige, I was in New Bedford visiting after a long absence away. I used to live close by Antonio's and frequented it often (30+ years ago) Last time I was there (10-12 years ago), I took my wife and two young kids (now teens) and we had a great meal. We are a French and Cape Verdean famiIy. I raved to my kids this week that we would go to Antonio's for lunch and we did. I have to say we were all underwhelmed. We ordered the Calamari, Cod Fish Cakes & Meat Croquettes to start. The Calamari was equivalent to battered and fried rubber bands, nearly impossible to eat; though we tried, we ended up leaving most of it on the plattter. The cod cakes, a go to for me, had a bit of flavor but were very dry; my son stated the same re: the croquettes. The kids ordered the Shrimp Mozambique w/pasta and the Littlenecks (Bulhao Pato) with pasta and I ordered the grilled sardines. The kids liked the seafood though with both dishes the pasta was well overcooked. The sardines came as a half dozen and were huge but lacked any real flavor beyond the fish, no salt, no garlic, no oil, no spice? My wife asked we bring her home an order of Kale Soup. After tasting it, sh came in and asked "What happened to Antonio's? How do you #%@* up Kale Soup?" I understand that things change and saw that the menu, as I remembered it, had changed as well, missing some of our old faves. I also know you're only good as your help so I don't know if the afternoon kitchen staff had a bad day, but I'm sorry to say we likely won't go back.