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Some places are memorable by lending themselves to haughty taughty pretenses with in your face food presentations. Others are memorable for their wild, exotic ingredients and others are memorable as the "cool, hip place for 20 somethings." Alaine's Osteria (https://www.yelp.com/biz/alaines-osteria-palmetto-bay) is none of these things, it is much better, a comfortable, wholesome, happy place where you can go to relax and enjoy good tasting comfort food.
The restaurant has a nice warm feel to it, dark wood and warm colors decorate the establishment a bar, mostly empty divides the restaurant from its more romantic, quieter dining area to the more social side where the bar is, where there are several 1-2 person tables.
Kobe meatball in porcini broth, topped with melted mozzaralla
Short rib agnolotti in creamy porcini sauce -- a ravioli filled with shredded short rib and riccotta
Stuffed pork tenderloin
The nice thing about Alaine's Osteria is the changing menu, from stone crabs during season to duck confit to crab cakes to quail to osso bucco to foie gras, I will never be bored with the selection.
Some may not remember the 1980s hit sitcom "Cheers" about a friendly neighborhood bar where everybody knows your name. In the current economy where it is tough to find quality workers and even tougher to find quality servers who value you, this place is a refreshing throwback to an era of hospitality. Getting here, on old cutler, during rush hour traffic was not the best experience, but the end result of a delicious meal in a well run, quality service place makes the drive worth it any day of the week.
First Trip - Kobe meatball in porcini, Short rib angolotti in creamy porcini sauce, stuffed pork tenderloin
Second Trip - soft shell crab, calamari Fritto, Grilled Salmon and vegetables with creamy pesto, malafemmina, Seafood Risotto
Third Trip - Foie Gras, Filet Mignon in Bartolo wine reduction
Most recent trip - Portobello Mushroom caps, cinnamon shrimp, Fig Ravioli, Black Cod, Ribeye, Branzino, Creme