Spiga has an interesting menu, a combination of Mexican (!), Italian, and some Indian. I'm not generally a fan of "multi-cuisine" restaurants or their cousins "fusion" restaurants. I'm also wary of any Mexican restaurant outside of Mexico, or a Mexican barrio, so we didn't try the Mexican dishes.
I had pasta (fusili) in a tomato/garlic/basil sauce, while my partner had fish in spicy sauce. The food was uninspired, the pasta overcooked and the sauce had neither the brightness of fresh tomatoes, nor the deep caramelized sweetness of a long simmered sauce. The garlic had been burned, not browned, and there was very little basil flavor. A big disappointment. my partner's fish was similarly uninspired.
For all the hype, I can't understand why anyone would come here instead of walking across the street to Sunny's.
charles
