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Seal-the-deal first date spot from Frank DeCarlo, Italian chef about downtown. Mellow, sporting dramatic brick kitchen with rustic surfaces no peasant could afford. Packed with food snobs and people who enjoy free cheese. Pizza, brick-oven bunny, general hearth-cooking mastery. The most mature spot on the block. Ask your daddy (sugar or otherwise) to come along and foot the bill. Hit the clandestine wine bar underneath for a low-key tipple.
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