I'm Always a Bit Apprehensive When Invited to the [Derived Headline]

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I'm always a bit apprehensive when invited to the opening of a new Italian restaurant. Will it be another Wooster Street-style menu, the cuisine I call "New Haven Italian"? Will I be sampling variations of the same dishes I've been eating since I was a kid and first discovering veal Parmesan in Little Italy?

Or will my palate be excited by fresh new flavors that could truly be called "New Italian"?

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I'm Always a Bit Apprehensive When Invited to the [Derived Headline]

That one. The latter. That's the one I experienced at Assaggio Ristorante on the Harbor in Stratford (no relation to Assaggio in Branford).

There, at a recent press dinner, I sat shoulder-to-shoulder with various heavy-hitter foodies a...

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