I'm so tired of saying \"This restaurant USED TO BE....\" great, good, my favorite...blah, blah.  It's happening more and more often, especially for locals.  One problem with living in such a busy tourist destination, is that , when a restaurant goes downhill, no one seems to care because some unsuspecting tourist (and non-Yelper), strolls by , looks at a menu and goes in. Hook!  We have been there at least a dozen times and thoroughly enjoyed the food...until tonight.\n\nWe were seated promptly; we had reservations. We did notice, however, the lack of any discernible 'crowd', which is unusual for this restaurant. It 'used to be' very popular and always crowded. Not tonight, a bad sign for 7:15 on a Saturday night.  \n\nThey now offer special nightly pastas, and of course, my favorite, spaghetti ala carbonara, which 'used to be' exceptional here, was not offered on Saturday. My husband and I ordered the Genova  salad (whatever that is) to split.  The proportion of vinegar to oil was overwhelmingly off, so much so that I didn't finish it. It came promptly, along with our bread and our cocktails. Wow...good service?  I would like to have enjoyed at least a sip of my drink first! Our waiter pressed us for our entree order and we said we hadn't decided yet...he looked annoyed, left, but then circled like a vulture for the next 20 minutes.  We finally had to call him back, once we were ready; he never came back to check. It was like he was purposely waiting for us to have to ask. I inquired if the chef might consider making the carbonara, even though it was not scheduled for that night and was immediately told 'no', never offering to check, so I settled on the fusilli with pesto. (For those of you who cook, you know that carbonara is pretty much a no-brainer to make and every professional Italian kitchen would have the ingredients on hand any night.)  My husband ordered spaghetti and meatballs.  I tried his as soon as it arrived and the meatballs were decent and there were four, a generous portion.  My fusilli, however, was tasteless and boring.....no seasoning and very bland.  The pesto was dry and there seemed to be no salt on anything.  I had my husband try it, since I like things well-seasoned  but he shared my opinion. By then, I was so annoyed and just wanted the meal to end.  We didn't even take our leftovers, which for us, is unheard of.  Bottom line, they are closing for a couple of months for a renovation (please renovate the chef, too!) but don't bother....if you like good Italian food, you're sure to be disappointed.