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Chef Steve Komorek excels at preparing the roughcast dishes of Italian cucina, embroidered with restrained New American flourishes. The restaurant's menu includes an appealing selection of hand-rolled Roman-style pizzas and other authentic regional Italian dishes, such as pastas from the south and risottos from the north. Trattoria Marcella's dessert menu is respectable but disconcertingly familiar - but the confections on the specials list are sublime. This modest restaurant is just the sort of clean, comfortable place where you can linger over dessert and coffee.
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You can't swing a DeLonghi deep fryer without hitting a plate of calamari nowadays. The critter has wandered onto the menus of chichi downtown bistros, mom-and-pop Greek tavernas, south-side sports bars. Given the relatively unrefined American palate, it's a bit surprising that we gobble down squid with a fervor typically reserved for mozzarella sticks and all things "popper." But with popularity comes bastardization -- rubbery calamari, eensy-weensy calamari, calamari doused in ketchup. Not... More »
In the past year Trattoria Marcella has expanded (for the second time in a decade) -- and the space still isn't big enough to contain the aromas emanating from the kitchen. The delicious smells sneak through the cracks and spill into the neighborhood in which Marcella resides, on the far western downslope of the Hill. If you're looking to impress someone -- your date, your parents, your snobby and skeptical New York City client -- they'll be sold before they even walk in the door. Marcella's... More »
Variety may be the spice of life, but let's face it: We head like lemmings for the nearest Starbucks even as we denounce the corporation's McDonald's-style global tyranny and capitalist greed (hey, someone's keeping them in business). Instead, why not patronize that cute café, diner or deli down the street? Our favorite is a little trattoria on the corner of a blue-collar block in South City. After seven years in business, Trattoria Marcella is still so hot that it's booked solid... More »
Can one dish actually draw customers from 40 miles away? How about from Florida? Just try and get a Friday- or Saturday-night reservation without three to four weeks' notice at Trattoria Marcella. This place is, without a doubt, the hottest see-and-be-seen restaurant in town. Reminiscent of a New York bistro, Marcella serves up some of the best Italian food in the area and, bar none, the best calamari. These delicate batter-dipped curls and ringlets are served on a crispy green bed of... More »
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