Farro Restaurant in Denver (Centennial)

Let me first say that I went in really wanting to like this place as a welcome addition to the scant South Suburban Denver Dining Scene. We ordered bolognese pasta and meatloaf with garlic mashed potatoes for the little ones, and the adults started with the farro salad and killer olives. The bolognese sauce was pretty good, but was filled with large chunks of cracked black peppercorns that threw the dish off - minus the pepper, a compentant sauce. The pasta served with the bolognese was slightly larger than angel hair and completely out of place with this robust sauce, texturally a little off-putting. The olives were good, probably a little overpriced at $4 for 8 olives though. The farro salad was dissappointing, we were really hoping the team at Farro would have made this ancient grain shine - herein, the portion was paltry and the tomatoes were very under ripe. We continued with the Linguine with clam and white wine sauce and a woodfired pizza with prosciutto, pancetta, sausage, red sauce and cheese. The clam pasta was mediocre, but failed as we found two unopened clam shells in it - evidence the clams were dead and should have been removed before even making the sauce. The pizza that was brought to the table was not what we ordered, instead it was the spicy salami pizza with eggplant and roasted peppers. I raised this issue upon seeing it, but the water corrected me telling me this was the prosciutto, et al pizza. I said Ok. I bit into it and found that the crust was much thicker than one would expect of traditional Italian pizza, underproofed, and not fully baked, akin to eating warm wet flour really. I concentrated on picking off the toppings at this point, and the salami was pretty tasty. The waiter did return to say I was correct about what I ordered and offered to bring me a replacement, but with kids in tow we declined the offer. Again the waiter returned to offer to buy us dessert, but with the food to this point being so off, we respectfully declined. Given the misses with the pasta, seafood, pizza and the signature farro, I'm dissappointed but I just can't recommend Farro.

kindageeky´s # of visits: one