Happy Hour Review:\n\nWhen we lived in the northern Chicago burbs, we had a Mia Francesca near our house. It was always a special treat to go there, because the food was very good.  \n\nRestauranteurs Scott Harris (Francesca's) and Phil Stephani (Tuscany) are two well known Chef entrepreneurs in the Windy City who competed with each other. Now Scott Harris has brought two of his Restaurants to Arizona, Mia Francesca's and Davanti Enoteca. \n\nAMBIANCE/MOOD:\nFrancesca has a very upscale feel to it (photos). A lot of dark wood with some interesting lighting. It feels almost like a men's club. The bar area has a few small two person tables, along with some fours nearer the french doors along the wall and outside. It's very relaxed. \n\nWhen we arrived around five pm and we were handed regular dinner menus. We had to later ask for the HH ones and were reluctantly given them. \n\nThe only server was the bartender Mike, who was doing double duty. It's somewhat quiet, except for the conversation of the customers. No background music, even the two HDTVs were on mute.  \n\nCLIENTELE:\nIt's a mixture of young locals who work in DC Ranch and nearby homeowners in their 40s and 50s. \n\nMENU:\nThe dinner menus were as I had remembered them. Appetizers in the the $9-12 range and entrees in the $17-28 range. The HH menu had all of it's food item for $5.00, as were the drinks\n\nSERVICE:\nAs I mentioned, the one bartender was the only server. They had three bus'ers who worked very hard at keeping the tables clean and refilling water glasses. One even tried removing my EVOO plate as I was dipping some bread in it. LOL\n\nFOOD:\nFrancesca is known for it's marinara sauce, or gravy if you prefer. It's delicious and subtle. The only standout on their HH menu is their two meatballs served in a bowl with an insane amount of basil (photo).  \n\nThe Margarita pizza was dry, with a few rough cut mozzarella slices and tiny amount of basil. You can see from the photo, the sauce had dried up, while the cheese had barely melted. The center was slightly warm and the pizza wasn't hot. \n\nWe also had the Roasted Pepper salad, with sun dried tomatoes and smoked mozzarella. The dish was overwhelmed by the vinegar of what I can only imagine was store bought jar of roasted peppers. It was unimaginative and tart. \n\nPRICES:\nThe Happy Hour prices were all $5.00. We also had two glasses of wine off the regular menu. A Hess Chardonnay for $7.50 and a Villa Antinoroi, which was a yummy blend of Sangiovese and Merlot for $9.00. Our bill total came to $34.32 including taxes, but before gratuities. \n\nIt would have been nice to have given them Three Stars for the ambiance, but the food was nothing special. We may come back to Mia Francesca for dinner, but we will avoid the HH in the future and stick to Davanti Enoteca.\nhttp://www.yelp.com/biz/davanti-enoteca-scottsdale#hrid:eX6AD3t8C1JpE5C3cOtcjg\n\nSorry!