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"Little kitchen" just sounds so much better in Italian. Truth in advertising here, as joint is intimate: just 22 seats, plus four at the bar. Mirrors aplenty inside elegant space will keep you from feeling claustrophobic. Sicilian-born chef hews to classic antipasti-primi-secondi playbook. Start with grilled octopus with puréed eggplant, move on to ravioli with shrimp and ricotta, finish with olive-crusted lamb. Creamy pistachio mezzaluna as coup de grâce.
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