Yep, he's shaking everyone's hand all night and talking to everyone instead of cooking but the food was great. I've yet to have a bad meal there. The specials are incredibly expensive, they don't list the specials prices but the waitress tells you them if you ask. I was looking at a wild boar ragu special and she told me it's $80. Never order the specials unless you are okay with the price and never order appetizers because they always bring you complimentary appetizers and the entrees are enormous.
My chicken parm was $32, I have a big appetite and it was three meals worth of food for me. I could see the enormous portions served in oversized pans and wooden boats being a turn off to some but I'll take it any day over a place like Materia in Litchfield which is incredibly expensive and you leave the restaurant starving.