White pizza, with cheese or without, can substitute for the antipasto or the bread. Pastas are cooked to order and rarely overcooked. Try the simple but good spaghetti with tomato sauce, linguine with clams in a white wine sauce, and king-size ravioli filled with meat or cheese. Marsala is well prepared with good veal. Simple roast chicken is good, as are the saltimbocca and the hearty sausage and eggplant.
Daily specials tend to be more expensive but worth it.
Try the large rib from a rib roast or the whole broiled rockfish. If you suspect that the menu is conservative, desserts will absolutely convince you. Spumoni, tortoni, and tartuffo harken back to simpler times. Closed for lunch on weekends. 2001 by Washington Magazine Inc.