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Start your day with a croissant and some killer coffee. Come back at lunch for excellent panini, walk it on down to a Union Square bench. Dinner time is for the ambitious, with elaborate small plates like duck confit and frisée and blood orange salad, or shrimp wrapped in pancetta. Items made fresh in house, from the bread to the pasta to the gelato. Weathered brick backs the big, rustic main room. Can get loud, but excellent wine list is there to keep you mellow.
Menu is refined Roman, but low banquettes, orchids, and warm, spice-toned throw pillows steer things loungey-chic. Same owners as Cacio e Pepe and Spiga, does own version of tableside drama-pasta, ... read more
Flatiron District eatery can be casual or classy, whatever your appetite and schedule permits. Come for a quick lunch break and pick up your traditional Italian pastes, insalates, and panini. ... read more
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