Trattoria Cinque

• Cuisine(s): Italian, Vegetarian
  Hours: Sun 11am-10pm, Mon-Fri 11:30am-11pm, Sat 11am-11pm
  Price: $$$
• Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards
  Features: Business Dining, Delivery, Family Style, Fireplace, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly
  Serving: Brunch, Dinner, Lunch
• Alcohol: Full bar
  Reservations: Accepted
  Parking: Street

Description

Owned by the same fellas who own two Alfredo of Romes--one here and one in Rome--Trattoria Cinque ("Bistro Five") is the latest of several boites to try to reproduce the exalted cuisine of Italy's capital. It partly succeeds. Though the cooking is consistently good, and the portions generous, the place hedges its bets by offering food from all over Italy, throwing in some Italian-American stuff, too, as if we wouldn't realize what they were up to. That said, the pastas are the best things on the menu, including paccheri carbonara (short, tubular noodles) and ricotta dumplings called malfatti. The gorgonzola and pear pizza makes a super starter, and tastes much better than its sounds.