opus 82. yes, it's worth going to the upper east

so i really liked tini's a lot. granted, i only went there once. maybe everyone only went there once? but now it has been reincarnated as opus 82! it's at 82nd street and 2nd avenue. now, i am not a celiac who really misses pasta. i really miss the really good stuff (i.e., baked sweets). but i ran the nyc marathon this year, so i wanted to be like all the other guys and have a carboloading pasta dinner. although i'm not too keen on pasta, i have had pasta from sambuca and that place at 29th and 3rd whose name i'm blanking on. they are both, well, serviceable vehicles for delivering good sauces and toppings. not so at opus! the pasta here is really really really good!!!! it tastes like normal pasta! my gluten-eating family could not tell the difference! i had the penne bolognese. i even got my boyfriend to order his pasta gluten-free. of course, i can't remember which it was, but it was good. i also started with a nice shrimp salad and finished with the gf ricotta cheesecake which was light and fluffy and nice and some chocolate gelato, which was oddly not on the menu. hmm. i'm looking forward to going back to try their pizza asap!