She's just 26 years old and this is her first restaurant, but Jennifer Hagar has a hit on her hands. Even on a weeknight, people sometimes have to wait on the sidewalk for a table. They wait outside because there is no waiting space inside.
Small tables line the walls.
In the front, down a few steps from the sidewalk, is an even smaller patio with seats for 20 more. But it's the modern Italian cuisine, not the ambiance, that is the big attraction. At lunch, instead of the meat and fish special, there are a few sandwiches and salads. Hagar and her partners, Gino Girasole and his father, James Girasole, are doing it their way. No smoking is allowed, inside or out.