La Botte

Nobody slips into La Botte unnoticed or unannounced. As you skip down the three or four steps to the entrance, Stefano de Lorenzo, one of the owners, will be spreading the door wide, leaning outside to shout, "Buona sera, signori" and as you step inside, a chorus of "buona sera, buona sera, signori" comes from the assembled hostesses, waiters — from the sound of it, the entire restaurant.

By S. Irene Virbila

February 8, 2006