I don't take posting this kind of review lightly; however, given the God-awful night I just had, it needs to be said.\n\nI was meeting a work party at La Bocca and 2 of us arrived early.  The hostess immediately greeted us and I asked how they'd prefer to handle since the rest of our party wouldn't be showing up for about 40 min.  She was very friendly and said that we could have the big table that we need (now) and it would be fine.\n\nThe server came while I was in the restroom and brought us some water.  We didn't get another visit from her for 20 minutes.  While very friendly, she wasn't the best listener.  On more than one occasion, she brought the wrong drink because she assumed we wanted a refill of the same, instead of the drink we actually ordered.  Not a huge deal, she immediately fixed the order.\n\nOnce our party arrived, we ordered multiple bruschetta plates and pizzas so we could all try them.  Most of our party liked the food.  There were a couple of issues:  unripened tomatoes in the caprese salad and soggy dough in the center of all the pizzas.  Overall though, we just ate around those issues.\n\nThe real problem began once I arrived home.  At approx 2 AM, I was awakened by the most painful stomach cramps that I've ever had.  I have no doubt in my mind that I had food poisoning.  I won't disgust you with the details.  Google food poisoning and then multiple it by 10.  The next 6 hours were the worst experience in my entire life.  By 8 AM, I was laying in a naked heap on my bathroom floor.  It finally started to subside but I've been weak, dehydrated, and achy all day - and it's now 24 hrs later.  I'm still trying to recover from this experience.\n\nNeedless to say, I will not be returning, nor will I refer anyone here.  I may very well be the exception to the positive reviews left for this restaurant and I truly hope I am; however, I will not be giving them another chance to make amends.  I just can't take that chance again.