The bustling restaurant provides an elegant dining experience at a fair price.

In Italy, there's no such thing as brunch. Beretta executive chef Ruggero Gadaldi ― who was born in Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy ― nonetheless ponies up to the genre with gust...

Gino Palma-Esposito opened Facci Ristorante earlier this year and serves pizza baked in a wood-fired oven and other Italian favorites, including Oysters Rockefeller (left) and beef carpaccio (right).

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When you’re taking an almost 13-year old to be a companion on a dinner review you can’t make a better choice than a restaurant that specializes in Italian food. It turns out that we made a fortunate choice in selecting to Carrabba’s Italian Grill on Route 7 in Latham for our night of bonding.

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The following are shortened versions of recent full-length restaurant reviews. The date the original review ran and its overall rating is in parentheses.

Old Dogs Irish Bar — Two rooms for up to 60 people, brand new menu featuring a vast range of hot and cold beer snacks (spicy chicken wings stuffed with shrimps; giant mussels baked in cheese and brandy, etc.) as well as international cuisine such as lamb kebab, pike cutlets with mashed potato and mushroom sauce, and much more.

Adrien Vachon's pizza stands up against some of the top pizza makers in the world.[...]

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