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Cafe Misto 04/17/03
Reviewers Rating: Excellent
This new offshoot of Tutto Bene is terrific!! By day it is a relatively upscale salad and sandwich bistro for eat in or take out, by night it's a lounge for its parent restaurant next door. The principle menu item is the "Misto" salad - a choice of greens (mixed, romaine, spinach) with four "tossins" included for $6.50. The salads are huge and the "tossins" list is equally large including almost every item you can imagine. There are additional charges for meats, speciality cheeses and shrimp, and the dressings are outstanding - nothing ordinary here.

Sandwich selections vary daily and are pre-made on high quality breads and rolls just before the lunch rush begins. My favorite so far was the roasted red pepper, fresh mozzarella, artichoke heart and sundried tomato on a fresh baked hard roll, but other specials that day included a hot meatball sub and a salami, provolone, tomato and red onion sandwich. The soups also change daily, but usually there is a seafood chowder and a couple other choices that are fun.

Of course there is a full bar for the cafe's evening incarnation as a lounge. The place is tiny and does a large take-out business for lunch, but it's trendy decor is inviting for those who wish to sit inside or out. It's also a great place to grab a wonderful sandwich or salad for the flight home - whatever you choose will make those around you on the plane jealous.

Joanne [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive]