Credit: photo by John Anderson

Pasta may well reach its sauce-enhanced apotheosis at this Mueller-based bastion of Italian culinary good works via the skills of chef Fiore Tedesco and his crew, but it’s not only about the noodles. Locally sourced meats and veggies, wisely curated wines – everything gets that Golden Goose treatment. Perhaps even more extraordinary are Tedesco and co-owner Adam Orman’s unmatched efforts to feed folks across the city during hard times.

This article appears in First Plates 2021 (Supplement) and First Plates 2021.

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