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| - A solid place in the heart of Little Italy. A recent Friday dinner included violet-marinated olives, delicious fresh bread and butter, and an assortment of mains including a beautifully-cooked steak (along with the requisite frites!) and pan-roasted chicken served with mashed potatoes and roasted asparagus. Flavors were solid and the meal rather tasty, although I thought the flavors of the food did not quite hold up to the promise of the decor (perfectly lovely) and the well-thought out wine list (neither long nor short, but comprehensive). Service was impeccable--my wine glass was never empty--and that is apparently a lot to say about restaurants in this town. Dessert sounded good, but our party was, alas, too sated to be tempted.
All in all, a very good spot, but one that could benefit from some added zing. But then, a typical French bistro meal is quite lovely, too; it's just that it seems dressed up a tad beyond that, but delivers just exactly that. And there's probably nothing truly wrong with that in the end, either.
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