Staats15

I had dinner at Otto last night as well, solo, at the bar. Service was impeccable, not rushed at all, with the bartender being extremely helpful in guiding me through the wine list. I found the food to be fantastic-eggplant caponatina, swordfish, guanciale pizza(thursday special), olive oil gelato. Two quartinos of red followed by a tremendous vin santo-1996 capezzana riserva i believe(bartender quoted Bastianich as saying it was the best vin santo he's ever tasted). Strong recommendations for the guanciale pizza and olive oil gelato. ps-How does the ricotta gelato compare to the OO?

I went yesterday for the first time, and despite the small menu(2 choices for each course), was very impressed. Menu was as follows: APPS: -Duck Ham(fantastic) -Mixed Lettuce MAINS: -Hangar Steak w/ Potato Puree(ordered it 'very rare,' cooked to perfection; both potatoes and steak were outstanding) -Salmon w/ Sauteed Swiss Chard DESSERT: -Strawberry Shortcake -Selection of Sorbets(coconut, mango, passionfruit?) w/ Shortbread Cookies(coconut was the highlight)