Review of Stefano's Trattoria

Update: The owner contacted me and let me know that the GF pasta is cooked separately but the waitress was mistaken. He said they retrained the staff based on my review.

When I told the server I have Celiac, she stared blankly. So I asked how the gluten free pasta was cooked. She stared blankly. I asked if it's cooked separately from the regular pasta. "Oh, yeah, we have a different strainer"...so I asked "does that mean it's cooked in the same water as regular pasta?" The waitress responded "yeah, so?". "So then it's not gluten free...like at all. It would make me really sick." "Oh. And?" She rolled her eyes as she said this.

So I ordered the caprese salad and asked them to wash hands/change gloves, which she said they always do (doubtful since they have no idea how to cook GF pasta...). It was edible but not great and certainly wasn't worth $9.

The rest of the service was abysmal. My caprese came out before the rest of the table had even ordered. Refills barely happened and the server's rude attitude continued whenever she deigned to grant us her presence.

I am however sick this morning, likely from cross contamination (I'm thinking maybe some stray flour got into the salt/pepper/basil topping that was put on my caprese).