"Third-generation chef Michele De Liguoro named Rovello 18 after the address of his family’s fine dining restaurant Da Pierino, a Michelin-starred destination in the 1950s. De Liguoro isn’t chasing a star at Rovello 18, instead offering a more casual answer to Da Pierino. The homey yet upscale osteria fare includes pasta paired with creamy broccoli rabe, clams, and bottarga, as well as crispy risotto al salto topped with Lombard taleggio. At lunch, shoppers along Via Garibaldi and nearby office workers crowd in to enjoy seasonal antipasti, including sauteed artichokes, puntarelle salad, and grilled peppers tonnati (caper-spiked tuna sauce). Rovello 18 is also a wine destination: Its collection of over 800 bottles is replete with microproducers and crucial bottles from Italy and France." - Elizabeth Jones, Angelica Frey