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| - If you want a quick, light lunch, the bar service at Canaletto might be right up your alley. Bar staff are congenial, you don't have to squeeze yourself into a "patio" table, and drinks/food come quick.
The fried sardines with olive oil, peppercorns, and vinegar-pickled onions was probably the best thing I've had to eat so far this week. Large sardines are butterflied, very lightly battered, deep fried, and chilled. Dressed with the oil and onions, you get the rich oiliness of the fish, the peppery olive oil and peppercorns, and then the tart vinegar onions cut through and freshen the whole thing up. I sopped up every last bit of the plate with crusty bread.
Insalata di Pere is a pear salad with very fresh young greens, radicchio, fennel, bleu cheese, toasted pecans, red grapes, and a light olive oil and lemon dressing. Very fresh flavors, and went very well with the chilled fish. Add in a cold Peroni and it's a perfect lunch break.
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