There are many things iO, this week’s subject of review, is not.
The 120-seat Italian eatery is not a place for an ostentatious meal. The people are no bragging narrator nor a habitual claimant of culinary authenticity. The location is not prime — rather obscured, some might say. There is no mass marketing, no robust media reviews and no catchy name and logo.
But, remarkably, over the past five years since it opened, the dining room of iO has never been short of great dynamism.
What iO (derived from “Italian osteria”) represents is a folksy dining establishment, a dedicated pizzeria, a wine bar (there’s also wine from barrels here), a pasta house, a cafeteria, a bakery, a deli and a cooking workshop, all under one roof.
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