Cheek to Cheek In Valdagno

17/12/2024: I had "verigni' paccheri in the usual, excellent Italian tomato sauce with chili. (They said verigni' meant the pasta was somehow worked with gold?) Paccheri are a Sicilan pasta type, I believe; these were very large rigatoni, sort of, quite al dente, so each one --there were nearly a dozen in the bowl-- was a mouthful. It was delicious, superbly Italian. You sit inside, but surrounded by glass walls right in the middle of town, directly across the splendid "basilica palladiana," a great spot. I tried the local red, Villa Minelli, but sent it back as too acidic, too likely to spoil the food. They brought me a Tuscan bio selvatico (a Sangiovese, I suppose), and It was great. So was the bread. The service was brisk, not quite brusque, as befitting a very Northern-minded Italian locale.

14/12/2024: renewed menu, bar part always a little slow. Anyway, excellent scenario