Sambuca Restaurant & Wine Bar

Italian | West 70s

Food19 Decor17 Service19 Cost$42

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"Italian cooking, family-style" sums up the scene at this "trustworthy" Upper West Side fixture, where the "gigantic" platters of "typical" dishes (plus a gluten-free menu) are "meant for sharing"; "reasonable" tabs compensate for "dated" decor, and it's "a lot easier to get into" than Carmine's.

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