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| - Fabulous food, atmosphere, wait staff.
The food is authentic Italian - the head chef (Pepe) used to work at Valerio, which is I think the best restaurant in Little Italy aside from Il Bacio.
Good:
* The food is just divine. I have had the salmon linguine, a marvelous fennel salad, and a very fresh caprese salad. I have also tried my dining companions' osso buco, trout, and cioppino. I've had the lemon sorbet (homemade, served in a hollowed out lemon) and the tartufo. All were undeniably excellent.
* Wait staff is attentive, very friendly and quite willing to explain dishes, or to explain the ingredients, and to tell you what brand of olive oil or pasta (DeCecco's, actually) they use.
* It's not uncommon to hear people speaking in Italian here - my impression is that it seems to draw Italians from all over.
Can't think of anything bad about this place, except that it's a bit pricey. Also, I don't know what's common practice at restaurants but I wonder why they use boxed instead of fresh pasta, but then again, the pasta dish I had was quite nice.
I hope this place does well - it's so much better than the restaurant that used to occupy this space.
Edited: Corrected a couple details 8/22
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