Primo Return

Artichokes Casanova
Pasta Sophia Lauren
Pineapple Pizza

Sometimes one must accept the inevitable; that there are so many restaurants one would like to visit for the first time, however, circumstances beyond one's control will, all too often, lead one right back to a place they would rather never have visited to begin with.  Such is Our Protagonist's relationship with Italian food, and having had so many issues with Americano, it still is far and away above what is served at Primo.  Alas, it was dinner, and Our Protagonist made the best of the situation.  The Artichokes Casanova weren't bad; a little on the oily side, but roasted artichoke hearts baked with cheese is a simple enough dish and tasted just fine.  Pasta "Sophia Lauren" started with such promise, meaning that it would have been perfect in a sun-dried tomato-cream sauce, a pink sauce of some sort.  However, it was a just straight cream sauce with the sun-dried tomatoes merely in the sauce along with the crabmeat and asparagus.  The cappellini was a nice tender touch, and one can't go wrong with crabmeat and asparagus, but, once again, this dish proved just not at all exciting.  Our Protagonist probably could have thrown this together on his stove in about 30 minutes of just staring into his refrigerator; this is not the criterion for a meal to eat out.  His dining companion went for the Pineapple Pizza; unfortunately, the crust had been charred beyond all recognition, and the only flavor one got was charcoal.  So much for the wood fired oven; if you burn your food, all the fancy gadgetry in the world means nothing.  Dessert was even forgone to, instead, drown our sorrows at World of Beer.  Perhaps Our Protagonist should have just reviewed that instead?  It certainly brought on a much improved mood...

Primo Ristorante

8076 N Tamiami Trl
Sarasota, FL 34243
941-359-3690