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Trattoria Rustica
Posted by: Marilyn Bethany
Posted on: Thursday, October 01, 2009
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This is one of our favorite restaurants in the Berkshires. If you’ve been to the Naples area you will recognize how authentic chef Davide Manzo’s food is; if you haven’t, you will want to go. The framed frescos give a feeling of being transported back in time to the golden age of Pompeii, the chef’s hometown. The quality of his meats is exceptional and he has a way of cooking them and his other dishes in the wood-fired oven that gives amazing flavor.
I’m surprised that the reviewer was not served bread as that is one of Chef Manzo’s signature items. He bakes it fresh every day and it is unforgettable. The prices are very much in line with other upscale restaurants in the Berkshires. Come when you’re not in a huge rush and enjoy the experience of excellent food, wine and ambience. If you want a meal to remember, there is no better place in the Berkshires. We are never disappointed!
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This backstreet Italian restaurant starts laying on the atmospherics even before you get through the heavy, wooden, strap-hinged door—charming, especially considering that it is the rear entrance of a commercial building on Pittsfield’s South Street. Inside and down a few steps, the stagecraft continues—exposed brick, dim lighting, white tablecloths over red, a waitress who, while reciting the specials, rolls her r’s impressively. The food at Trattoria Rustica is classic Neapolitan—Puttanesca, all’Arrabbiata, con Vongole, etc.—well executed and expensive. Now, to be fair, even when six worldly people, ranging from a Williams professor to an international banking executive, all agree that a restaurant is “too expensive,” you have to consider the circumstances. None of us was on vacation, nor was this a celebration; rather, a quick get-together before the theatre. And, admittedly, the one person who ordered the kind of entree that tests a kitchen’s meddle—the rack of lamb—declared it superb (he scrupulously offset the extravagance by not having a salad first). Still, everyone felt that, good as it was, $105 per couple (not including tip) for tap water, no bread, salads, pastas, and 1.3 glasses of wine each is molto caro. —Marilyn Bethany
26 McKay Street, 413.499.1192
5 p.m. - closing
Closed Tuesdays.
