Acqua

• Cuisine(s): Italian
  Hours: Sun 11am-11pm, Mon-Thu 12pm-11pm, Fri 12pm-11:30pm, Sat 11am-11:30pm
  Price: $$$
  Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards
• Attire: Casual
  Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Delivery, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly, Business Dining
  Serving: Dinner, Lunch
  Alcohol: Beer, Wine
• Reservations: Accepted, Recommended
  Parking: Street

Description

We were blown away by a Caprese salad that was the essence of summer, with perfectly ripe tomatoes, good olive oil, sharp-smelling basil, and mozzarella as white as a snowdrift before the kids play in it. Generously turned out, pastas are another specialty. Most memorably, we liked spinach-and-cheese ravioli in a mellow walnut puree, and bucatini al amatriciana in a sauce beloved of Romans loaded down with a prodigious quantity of the cured hog jowl known as guanciale. The wine list keeps pace, many of the selections from central Italy, and, available in a quartino flask holding a quarter liter of wine, allows a pair of diners to drink whites and reds in the same meal. The setting resembles a Tuscan farmhouse.