Looking for a truly warm and expansive spot serving special Italian cuisine? Come to this rustic-chic café, prettified with double-height ceilings, exposed wooden beams, and an ample bar. There are two rooms, each long and narrow but wonderfully comfortable and always abuzz. 
Thoughtfully arranged tables may be cradled with such impressively rich plates as tortellini en brodo, where house-made pasta bathes in a rich savory chicken broth, and pan-seared salmon with a mustard-based sauce, fingerling potatoes, and market carrots.