Cicciolino Review


June 02, 2003 Summer's here, and it's time to head north to cooler climes. For us, that means the East Village, still—in our opinion—the greatest place in the world to be as the sun sets on a summer Saturday night. So: this week at Below 14th, it's all East Village, all the time. We start at relatively new Italian restaurant Cicciolino (4th Street @ 1st/2nd Aves.), which we recently hit with EMA. On a block packed with other good, affordable, undiscovered eateries (e.g. Basque blast Euzkadi), Cicciolino looks promising: charming interior, friendly staff, relaxed vibe. In other words (you see this coming, right?) brace yourselves for—yes!—yet another Frank knock-off! Alas, the quality of the cuisine doesn't measure up to Frank, Supper or even Max (which everyone seems to love more than us, though we fully expect to see outposts in malls across America by 2008). Cementing our negative take on Cicciolino is the bizarre Citysearch "profile," which gives new meaning to the advertorial concept. (Damn, these people also run the tasty Esperanto on Ave. C, at one point in time our couldn't-miss first date place? How far they've fallen.)


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