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October 13th, 2008
If you’ve never been inside Bricco, the place has a classy and modern New York City type of feel to it. You quickly feel relaxed and comfortable as you peruse the menu and extensive wine list. The lighting, music, and pace of the restaurant is just perfect. Our server for the evening was nothing less; attentive, courteous, and knowledgeable of every single aspect of the drink and food menus. Very impressive, in fact, I’ll go so far as to say I’ve never had better service anywhere, ever.
After a few complimentary samples from the wine list we decided on drinks and focused our attention to appetizers. We decided on 3 cold small plates, similar to tapas; house made pickled vegetables, grilled asparagus, and eggplant with raisins, pine nuts, and roasted peppers. All three dishes were exquisite, and I especially enjoyed the pickled vegetables, they were just exceptional and bursting with flavor.
Following the appetizers, I decided on the Bricco Bolognese and my counterpart ordered the Sage Pappardelle. Wow. I can hardly express how impressed I was with the quality and flavor of these extraordinary dishes. The Bricco Bolognese was a combination of house made sausage, meatballs, pancetta, chicken, mortadella, tomato sauce and polenta that was just amazing down to the very last bite. The portion was rather large and loaded with meat but believe me there was not a bite spared when all was said and done. The Sage Pappardelle was a more delicate dish, but no less incredible. The raised duck, red wine and pancetta ragout just melted in your mouth and was so succulent that we couldn’t help but finish the entire plate. We enjoyed the food so much that we unfortunately left no room for dessert!
That will have to wait for another day, but I am certain I’ll return to Bricco. While the lunch menu is wonderful you really must make a dinner visit to truly experience the brilliance of the food and atmosphere of the restaurant. Bricco has firmly established itself in my mind as setting the standard for fine dinning well beyond Harrisburg. 5 stars across the board.
September 2nd, 2008
We had a great experience at Bricco. Very freindly and prompt service. All food well prepared and the selection was great. We reviewed the whole thing from a vegetarian perspective on our blog about Vegetarian Dining in Harribsurg http://veggiehbg.blogspot.com/, instead of my repeating the whole thing, you can check it out there.
May 14th, 2008
Based on our recent visit to Bricco’s, I was not impressed. My pasta was not cooked enough. It actually crunched in my mouth. They apologized and made another that was much better. We also ordered the cheese cake desert and they gave us the chocolate desert. Other than these two mishaps the atmosphere was nice and the other food ordered was good.
May 13th, 2008
I regard Bricco as being one of the finest restaurants in Harrisburg. Last time I was there, however, my usual order of the short ribs was less than satisfactory. The meat was tough, overcooked and more fatty than usual. The meat should be “fall off the bone” tender.
Everything else we ordered that night was very delicious including the oysters, pizza, and appetizers. The chocolate torte was exceedingly rich.
April 9th, 2008
Bricco is my favorite Harrisburg restaurant. Service can be spotty because of the training aspect I suppose, but is usually well covered by the exceptional “regular” staff. Food is very good to excellent. You can order a pizza or a 5 course dinner. Bottles of wine are priced $10 over retail which is almost as good as BYOB.
Simply one of the best (for Hbg).
September 12th, 2007
Went last week with a group of 6. The service at this place is outstanding. It’s just as you would expect from a 5-star restaurant, but not stuffy. The wine list is huge and has some of the area’s most reasonable bottle prices. The short ribs are melt-in-your-mouth and the mushroom pizza is absolutely amazing. Bricco is highly recommended.
August 2nd, 2007
I enjoyed Bricco the last two times I was there. The food was good, as was the presentation.
The first time I was there, it took a very long time to be served. The second time it took a long time after we were finished eating to receive our check.
I’m hoping that these few lapses in service improve because I do intend to return soon. I’m very interested in trying the Bison.
August 1st, 2007
I thought Bricco was…fine. We had a nice meal there, but nothing spectacular. The service was OK, the atmosphere is uninspiring.
I gave them an extra 1/2 star because of their connection with the culinary school at HACC — that’s a great idea and bodes well for the future of good restaurants in Harrisburg.
August 1st, 2007
Good food, well prepared . . . they need to diversify their menu a bit, though, especially at lunch.