Have been here twice in the last 6months. The service, atmosphere, and drinks were fantastic. Really the drinks were very nice. However the food both times has been uninspired and well. Stingy even. First time I went with very high hopes! I already had browsed the menu online and knew what I was going to order! I got the fried artichoke because I am artichoke fiend. It was served not soggy, but not crispy, ans basically at room temp. No flavor (which didn't bode well for the fried eggplant to come).I also ordered the Burrata. I LOVE Burrata. I was served what I am pretty sure was ONE half of a Belgioso Burrata ball. Pre cut and had not really retained the cream. Once again, only 1/2 of a burrata ball precut and the size of a golf ball. Unacceptable. Already cut and put over an exhorbitant amount of greens and a few tomato . Even more so. To top it off the eggplant Parmesan was similarly ill prepared and was really lacking flavor. The tomato sauce literally just tasted like canned bland crushed tomatoes. I really like eggplant Parmesan, Burrata and artichoke,but I really wasn't going to return. Fast forward to last week and my sister took me to drum roll please.... Locale. We decided on drinks and appetizers and I kept my previous experience to myself. Maybe this was the universe telling me to give a second chance after all. Once again the drinks were lovely as was the service and the beautiful space they are located in. The carpaccio was good, not great but passable. But very bland. Not the meat, nor anything on the plate "popped" with either fresca or flavor. One or the other is all I ask! The caprese was embarrassing. Truly. Paper thin tomatoes, pre sliced mozzarella rounds(Belgioso again I'm guessing), and pre-chiffonaded(so wilted and lacking aroma), basil sprinkled on top. Like 3-5 extremely small, tasteless ribbons of basil. And since they've been sitting, there was no aromatics or real "basil" flavor. I ended up drowning it in black pepper and salt. Bread and oil was served hot and had a wonderful aroma and flavor from being toasted. The olives that I ordered were delicious and had a variety ratio that was not lopsided so that was a highlight. I decided to forgo ordering an entree. I want to like this place a lot just because of how great the staff is and what a nice location it's in, but I just really can't recommend anything that I've tried except for the olives and I don't think they make the olives "in house". A caprese salad there's absolutely no excuse for and Italian restaurant to not nail that. It is basic preparation and presentation. Three main ingredients. Each should be flavorful. The mozzarella shouldn't be dried. Even pre cut it should be stored to not become dessicated and if it was stored properly than this means the cheese came off an old unused log. Basil should always be torn or cut to order. If that is too time consuming (it shouldn't be there was probably only five people in the restaurant besides myself) leave the basil whole. There should be absolutely no problem sourcing extremely affordable in Tucson. In fact there's no excuse for it the only one I can think of would be convenience or laziness. A gigantic bunch of Basil that is organic an indoor hydroponically grown can be purchased for $3 at merchants garden. If you are a local restaurant it can be purchased there for even less. There's simply no excuse for basil to be indistinguishable from romaine. Simply none. The menu is great it's just severely lacking in execution. And just for clarity both times I've gone have been in the afternoon for lunch. Not super busy but not super dead. Maybe the dinner is better but since they have the same lunch and dinner the quality should be the same regardless. I will attempt to eat there one more time. If someone takes me . Such potential, and I WANTED to LOVE it so! Hopefully something changes.

Staff, Atmosphere, Bar, and location: 4stars Food: 2stars. (Yay bread and olives! 😮‍💨)