Vinto Restaurant Review:
Vinto’s modern décor, with wood-and-steel tables, oversize semi-circular booths and an open kitchen, shouts "chic." Settle in with a glass of wine (nearly everything is $1 an ounce) and then order the tender meatball appetizer with tomato sauce, Parmigiano-Reggiano and grilled toast. For non-meat eaters, there's a sun-dried tomato and goat cheese flatbread or grilled artichoke hearts with wild...
Location alone keeps some places alive. Case in point, Fiore. Main Street address lures eaters with false promise of fireworks, proficient-but-hollow Italian-facsimile fare follows. And yet the joint still exists. Cozy dining room, but generally vacant dishes—put otherwise, the bread sticks are great. Buy-one-get-one late into the fall, which is the only time of year that economically justifies...