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dining | restaurant review<br />
By diane feen | Photos by melisSa korman<br />
CENA CUCINA ITALIANA<br />
Eat Like They Do In Italy<br />
veal chop with porcini mushrooms and mashed potatoes<br />
If you know a little about Italian<br />
culture than you know food is<br />
as sacred as the divine. It’s a<br />
sacrosanct ritual between friends<br />
and relatives that defines the<br />
delicacy of a full happy life.<br />
Italian Cheesecake<br />
Such is the theory at Cena Cucina Italiana. This elegant authentic<br />
Italian restaurant hails from its Italian roots and stays true<br />
to its illustrious form. Though the restaurant has been in Delray<br />
for a few years it is recently under new management.<br />
This new team – made up of Italian restaurant superstars –<br />
has put together a new menu and a new philosophy. “We have<br />
updated our wine menu and brought in only the highest quality<br />
fresh pasta, fish, meats and desserts. We treat everyone like an<br />
honored guest, and we value their patronage,” said General Manager<br />
Paolo Accarpio.<br />
Accarpio knows a thing or two (maybe a dozen) about running<br />
a successful restaurant. He opened DeVito’s restaurant in South<br />
Beach and was general manager for Bice, and corporate general<br />
manager for Bice USA. Their chef – Antonio Montella – is also a<br />
master of Italian cooking.<br />
If the candlelit tables, limestone textured walls and elegant<br />
bronze chandeliers tell you one thing it’s that this restaurant is a<br />
world away from the chaos and commotion of a big city. It almost<br />
feels like you’re in Italy, where aged Parmesan/Reggiano cheese<br />
hails from the rafters (aged 24 months) and the food is perfectly<br />
prepared with tender reverence.<br />
98 | april <strong>2019</strong> | www.<strong>Atlantic</strong><strong>Ave</strong><strong>Magazine</strong>.com
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