Ahead of that, this sign appeared on its front window earlier last week... (Unfortunately, we never saw it before the Block Association meeting Thursday night...)
[Photo courtesy of Goggla]
The sign reads, in part:
"We, their managers and chef, applied for wine/beer only license because we would like to be able to serve a glass of wine with our risottos.
We will never be a bar! No people screaming outside! We live in the East Village and we would never expose our neighbors to such things!"
Ah, the old "we would like to be able to serve a glass of wine with our risottos" line, eh?
Ha, just kidding!
This is the first American outpost for the Melotti family, who live in Isola della Scala, in the south of Verona, and who has always produced, processed and sold their rice in Italy. (As we cut-n-paste from their website.) They opened a restaurant near Verona in 2002. (Read their story here.) You can find a menu and see photos of the food here.
So ... Are such notes/signs necessary today in a neighborhood where the thought of a new place serving alcohol sometimes brings about unmitigated hysteria?
