Angelina's Ristorante

The kitchen's excellence stems from exquisite attention to detail - from a house-cured cherry in the Manhattan cocktail at the convivial bar to fanfare touches such as sage and brown butter with the ricotta pillows, citrus tomato sauce with Angelina's long-favored butternut squash ravioli and parmesan and ziti cake with the halibut. Other stellar dishes: fra diavolo pizzette with spicy salami and olives, mussels with lobster and shrimp broth, agnolotti pasta stuffed with slow-roasted veal and topped with wild mushrooms, and sea salt baked snapper for two. An award-winning selection of wine occupies a three-story glass tower in the elegant, Old World-style dining room. The final superlatives go to the staff - friendly, unflappable and uncommonly capable.