Prima e Dopo

Went here after hearing that Rino's place would have been a really long wait for a party of six. Unfortunately, four people ditched without telling me so I'm sure we could have gotten in. It was already 8:30 but the place was still packed. Prima e Dopo is definitely just a place to hang out and grab a nibble. It's owned by the Rino's people.

I had a huge goat cheese salad and a half order of fried eggplant for dinner. Only cost me $10! I didn't expect the salad to be so big. It was slightly overdressed. I also found the eggplant to be a touch too bready. But hey, we got something to eat while waiting for Rino's, so it serves its purpose.

This is the perfect place to kill time if you're waiting for a seat at Rino's. They've got a decent selection of beers and really good appetizers. We had the meatballs which were perfectly made.

This place was designed to be a glorified waiting area to get into Rino's Place, it is across the street and the owners are the same. While you wait to get into Rino's they will direct you here. They have a limited menu and drink list. I asked our server what he liked on the drink menu and he went on this rant about how he only drinks hard liquor straight up. Ended up getting a couple sangria's, they were pretty good. We would have ordered apps but the hostess at Rino's couldn't even give us a rough estimate of how long our wait would be, this caused us to sit there for an hour without eating. Normally I would just order something anyway but if you aren't done with your items within 10 minutes Rino's will pass over your place in line, which would be a big problem if you just placed an order.