"Walking into Dal Toscano, you're immediately greeted by a refrigerator displaying colossal cuts of Florentine steak. But the phrase “looks can be deceiving” can apply to restaurants, too, because Dal Toscano's pasta is just as much a highlight as the meat. Go to town on their silky fettuccine bathed in an earthy white ragù and parmesan, as well as their thick and chewy pici noodles coated in a red sauce packed with aglione, palm-of-your-hand sized garlic that’s milder despite its size. Then, as any normal person would do, opt for the kilo bistecca alla fiorentina (and some house Chianti, of course)." - annie replogle