The sea air might easily be Mediterranean at this new restaurant that has brought quality Italian cooking to the Mount. All the accents are Italian, from the staff and the checked tablecloths, to the all-Italian wine list and the buffalo mozzarella balls in the insalata caprese. Antipasti and secondi are designed to share, or there’s a short greatest-hits pizza menu.
Alpino
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