"After impressing Capitol Hill with old-school chicken Parm, gnocchi, fluffy tiramisu, and antipasti martinis, the team behind essential Italian-American restaurant Caruso’s Grocery added another outpost in Bethesda’s Pike & Rose complex last fall. Chef Matt Adler’s decidedly unmodern tribute to classic red sauce joints is attached to long-running beer hall and American tavern Owen’s Ordinary." - Tim Ebner