Bar del Monte

The vintage toy car holding down the check signals that this hip restaurant in a former auto shop wants diners to have fun. And there is plenty of it on Oliver Pastan’s ever-changing menu (one constant: pristine ingredients that show the kitchen’s dedication to the Italian way). We reveled in specials like housemade ricotta ravioli with lamb ragu and tagliolini with butter, sage, and good Parm. Happily, lamb skewers with chili oil, beautiful greens in anchovy dressing, outrageously good bubble-crusted pizzas, and gelati and sorbetti piled skyscraper-high are an every-night thing.