{"id":6421,"date":"2011-08-14T16:16:21","date_gmt":"2011-08-14T23:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=6421"},"modified":"2011-08-14T16:16:21","modified_gmt":"2011-08-14T23:16:21","slug":"alessio-bistro-italiano-restaurant-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2011\/08\/14\/alessio-bistro-italiano-restaurant-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Alessio Bistro Italiano (restaurant review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-6421\">\n<p>We found a new Italian restaurant in our neighborhood, and it&#8217;s good! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/alessio-bistro-west-hills\" target=\"_blank\">Alessio Bistro Italiano<\/a> is west of us in West Hills in a strip mall (like so much of this part of southern California) which we hadn&#8217;t found before. It&#8217;s a dark place inside with a huge bar and a lot of tables. The food was quite good &#8211; I tried their surf &amp; turf special, which was huge (I shared about half of the lobster with Aviva), and Aviva had pasta primavera, which was mellow and tasty. The food was tasty, the service okay (a little slow to start but picked up as the meal went on).<\/p>\n<p>Here are some pictures and the front of their business card:<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/2011\\\/08\\\/14\\\/alessio-bistro-italiano-restaurant-review\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:37193943}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 241px;\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-original-height=\"241\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 320px; height: 241px;\" data-original-width=\"320\" data-original-height=\"241\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Interior.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"316\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"237\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" colorbox-6421\" data-attachment-id=\"6423\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Interior.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 3GS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1313282824&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A shot of the interior of Alessio\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;A shot of the interior of Alessio&lt;\/p&gt; 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height: 237px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> A shot of the interior of Alessio <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 180px; height: 241px;\" data-original-width=\"180\" data-original-height=\"241\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/AlessioCard.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"176\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"101\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" colorbox-6421\" data-attachment-id=\"6422\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/AlessioCard.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"249,143\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Front of the Alessio business card\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Front of the Alessio business card&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/AlessioCard.jpg?fit=249%2C143&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/AlessioCard.jpg?fit=249%2C143&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/AlessioCard.jpg?w=176&#038;h=101&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/AlessioCard.jpg?w=249&amp;ssl=1 249w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/AlessioCard.jpg?resize=150%2C86&amp;ssl=1 150w\" width=\"176\" height=\"101\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"176\" data-original-height=\"101\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Front of the Alessio business card\" alt=\"Front of the Alessio business card\" style=\"width: 176px; height: 101px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Front of the Alessio business card <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/SurfAndTurf.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"176\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"132\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" colorbox-6421\" data-attachment-id=\"6424\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/SurfAndTurf.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 3GS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1313283980&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"My surf &amp;#038; turf (slightly eaten!)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;My surf &amp;#038; turf (slightly eaten!)&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/SurfAndTurf.jpg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/SurfAndTurf.jpg?fit=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/SurfAndTurf.jpg?w=176&#038;h=132&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/SurfAndTurf.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/SurfAndTurf.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/SurfAndTurf.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" width=\"176\" height=\"132\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"176\" data-original-height=\"132\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"My surf &amp; 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Alessio Bistro Italiano is west of us in West Hills in a strip mall (like so much of this part of southern California) which we hadn&#8217;t found before. It&#8217;s a dark place inside with a huge bar and a lot of tables. 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