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“It's a thrill to find a restaurant like Locanda Vini & Olii, where decisions are not made according to formula and marketing concerns. Passion rules here, and it is evident in almost every bite.”
– Eric Asimov,
The New York Times, February 2001

“Locanda Vini & Olii, located in recently gentrified Clinton Hill, has the prescription for good food...”
– Tanya Wenman Steel,
Bon Appétit, July 2001

“... It’s the most fun you can have in a drugstore without prescription.”
– Rob Patronite
New York Magazine, March 2001

“...owners Francois Louy and his wife Catherine have transformed a 100-year-old pharmacy into a charmer with a casual, worn-wood interior and a lively open kitchen.”
– Kristen Wolfe,
City, Summer 2001

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