Pacci Ristorante

Italian food was one of the first ethnic cuisines to cross cultures in the United States and become a thing unto itself, a new cuisine that was neither truly Italian nor American. Chinese, Indian and even Mexican have all done the same. Eating at Pacci Ristorante — with its simple Italian steakhouse menu of hot and cold antipasti and mix of steaks and chops with polenta and chicken scallopini — is a tasty reminder of this. And eating this type of food — rich with flavor and familiarity, yet oddly out of the ordinary — is like running into an old friend you haven't seen in quite a while, but have never forgotten.