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Anonymous wrote:Fabio Trabocchi is opening a new restaurant next week at 1099 NY Ave called Casa Luca. Seems like it will be a more casual alternative to Fiola.

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Ummm, my daughter and I aren't connected at the hip. She is moving to NYC, not me. I have no idea of what restaurants are there nor does she. That is why I asked OP which one she liked there.

Again, I'm not my DD. I like Ristorante Piccolo and Paper Moon and think Filomenas and Il Canale are terrible. That is my 2 cents. You may differ...it's a free country. But, don't assume someone's dd is just like them...we're not alike.

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Anonymous wrote:My dd is moving to NYC -- and she said she couldn't find a good Italian restaurant there...where did you go?

In Georgetown, we like Ristorante Piccolo and Paper Moon across the street. Both have good food. We also like I Ricchi in Dupont Circle. I don't know suburban restaurents here sorry.

She can't find good Italian in NYC, and yet you think Piccolo and Paper Moon are good? I don't even know where to begin. Your perception of what is "good" Italian food is completely backwards. Piccolo and Paper Moon are horrific tourist-trap fleabags - perhaps the only worse Italian food in DC is found at the execrable Filomena's. Seriously, people, it's not 1995 anymore. (On a broader note, you can count the good restaurants in Georgetown on one hand, with fingers left over.)

OP, sadly, there's very little good Italian in DC. Dino's is fine, and I remember liking Notte Benne in Foggy Bottom years ago - don't know if it's still good. Palena is high-end and very good, Palena Cafe is casual and very good as well. And the newish Maple in Columbia Heights is good (though it has a small menu).