Trattoria Totuccio, Naperville IL - December 12

Rating - 1.2

This is a new restaurant (in the spot of the "old" Capri), located at Calamos City Gate complex at I88 and Bilter Rd. The interior has not changed from Capri, and when we arrived just after 6 pm on a Saturday night the place was a GHOST TOWN. There was one couple in the dining room and no one in the bar...where we ordered a drink and waited for the rest of our neighbors.

Everyone else arrived within the half hour, and we had a good time having a few holiday cocktails. Bartender was friendly and a lot of fun.

We were seated at our table and there was still only the one other table in the dining room. Our waiter was excellent, great advice and always anticipating our next need (but he should have been with only one table). We were a large group with 6 couples in attendance.

I had their "seafood special" and HATED IT. It was HORRIBLE. YUCK!!!!!!!! It was overcooked salmon with some kind of heavy read sauce....it would have been better if it was the salmon alone...and I ended up scrapping off the sauce.

Katie had the zupa de pesce, and she did not like it all....too bland and not enough seafood.

However, we did end up back in the bar area and had a good time. The bartender was great!

The group consensus was food that ranged from ok to horrible, but it was at a very reasonable price.

I guess the background is that the family who own the place had another spot in St. Charles that was very popular.........but they wont survive until the spring with food like that!

Lots of food
Lots of beer and wine
Some desserts

Total - $105.35 (our share before the tip)