"Coltivare checks many standard Italian restaurant boxes: minimal lighting, dark wooden walls, and people leaning over candlelight while sharing a bottle of wine. But the real selling point is the covered patio and the lush garden. Split a pizza loaded with spicy, slow-roasted pork with your friends, or "Lady And The Tramp," some cacio e pepe under a giant, shady fig tree." - chelsea thomas, gianni greene