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205 Viger W. Place-d'Armes métro
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Tel. 393-3456. Monday to Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Closed Sunday. $75 for two before wine, taxes and service. Table d'hôte: $12.50—$18.50 (noon); $26—$33 (evening; including dessert and coffee).
Whether you eat in the restaurant or take advantage of the catering service, this is no look-alike contest—the ingredients are very fresh, and very Italian (rustic Italian, in fact). A vast choice of antipasti and pasta, first-class cuts of meat, fish (still breathing)—and I'm not sure the vegetables weren't still growing. A little friendly advice: Stick to the table d'hôte unless, of course, you fancy truffles at $2,300 a kilo!
Several very good wood-oven baked breads are just waiting to be savoured in the bread baskets. Several thousand bottles, comprising over three hundred different Italian wines, fill the cellar. A good choice of wine by the glass. A stone's throw from the Palais des congrés.
Sample menu: Stracciatella fiorentina, Ciccillo mussels, Consentina ravioli, calf sweetbread with green pepper, grilled fresh tuna, risotto princesse, Zinzero shrimps, tiramisu, gianduia, Sicilian canoli, zabaglione.
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