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This is Italian food like I eat in Italy at friends' houses--well-presented, healthy, in reasonable proportions. A delight.

BEST, BEST, BEST Italian food I've had in a long, long time! As I am an Italian American who loves to cook, I don't usually frequent Italian restaurants and when I do go, I get bored with the "Italian Restaurant Row" in the North End of Boston; Franchese, Marsala or Parmigiana gets old after a while! This place, however... is a breath of fresh air to say the least. I'm not sure what the name of our appetizer special was but it was a large, fresh bundle of mozzarella cheese on a bed of baby arugula with a sweet drizzle of a balsamic reduction and some freshly sliced proscuitto. The catch? When you bit into the fresh mozzarella, there was a creamy marscarpone center... it was "to die for"! My husband had the special risotto which was the best I've ever tasted and I had the homemade papparadelle pasta with baby shrimp in a zucchini based sauce. First of all, the pasta was light & airy; not dense & heavy like some homemade pasta can be and I would really like to know how they managed to cook baby shrimp without it getting well done! Every bite was even better than the last! We shared a Tiramasu for dessert and even though we were both full beforehand, we ate every last morsel of it! As if the rest of my review wasn't enough for you... the assortment of home baked breads actually made me dizzy with delight; they even sell them by the loaf! I simply cannot say enough about this place... Great food, reasonalbly priced, charming servers... what more could I have asked for? Once the liquor license or beer & wine license comes through, I just may rent an apartment upstairs! Ciao bella!