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The bucatini arrives spun tableside inside a wheel of parmigiana, which tells you immediately that this Arlington red-sauce Italian spot has more going on than the checkered-tablecloth classics. Chef Mike Cordero keeps inventing, so the menu shifts, but the instinct stays the same: familiar comfort food pushed somewhere unexpected. The room fills with people who came for spaghetti and meatballs and end up ordering whatever the server talks them into.
The awards strongest first
- Northern Virgina Magazine #8 · The 50 Best Restaurants in Northern Virginia
One number, weighted & current 54
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Housemade bucatini
“NoVA food obsessives likely already know about the housemade bucatini, spun tableside in a wheel of parmigiana.”
Northern Virgina Magazine, 2025 -
Chicken parmigiana gnocchi
“Where else will you find chicken parmigiana gnocchi?”
Northern Virgina Magazine, 2025 -
Fritto misto
“Eat This: Fritto misto, chicken parmigiana gnocchi, pistachio-ricotta dusted cake”
Northern Virgina Magazine, 2025 -
Pistachio-ricotta dusted cake
“Eat This: Fritto misto, chicken parmigiana gnocchi, pistachio-ricotta dusted cake”
Northern Virgina Magazine, 2025
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