Nap's Cucina Mia

This place is really good for Indiana. The homemade pasta is outstanding. The service is friendly and personable. Once you have come a couple of times the staff and owners start greeting you by your name. They remember you and you them. It is really like you are guests in their home for a good meal and a great evening.

Nap's has tons of potential but didn't meet my expectations.

Atmosphere is great, love the open kitchen, but didn't enjoy the cooks talk about needing to go to the dermatologist. That is one rash I don't want to know about.

On the night I visited the wait staff was made up of two college girls who weren't overly attentive to me but seemed very interested in talking to the cooks about what they did last night.

The food was decent, the highpoint was the bread. It was crusty and just wonderful. I had one of the specials which was a breaded chicken dish. It was okay but the chicken had been pounded to death and there was more breading than it needed which overpowered the chicken which I never felt that I tasted.

I would definitely pass by next time I'm in town.

Naps is the place to eat in Indiana--I've never had a bad meal here, and I've had everything on the regular menu except for the antipasta salad--because I'm a geek for the caprese, and the pasta alla panna because I don't like white sauces.  

The pomodoro with seafood is otherworldly--highly recommended, and the nonna's sauce is just like you'd expect the chef's grandmother to make (it's her recipe)--I like that one with ziti, and the olive oil and garlic with radiatore.  

This isn't fast food--it's good food that would cost a lot more in a bigger town.  Its a small place, with limited seating and a polite, efficient staff.  The chef and his staff prepare your food in an open kitchen where you can watch them work--everything fresh and handmade.  The wine list, though limited, is always well-considered and delightful--although I usually have a Penn Pilsner with my meal.

I'm baffled by the two negative reviews on this page and urge you to ignore them--give this place a try.  As a busy parent, I don't have the time I'd like to eat out--and when i do it's often sandwiches or pizza in a hurry, but I often imagine what it would be like to be one of those city people who eat most of their meals in restaurants,  If I did that, Naps is exactly the kind of neighborhood place I'd like to go.