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Something
Fishy
American Way, May 01, 2003
Seafood is
sophisticated these days. Here are the
latest spots to get your upscale fish-house
Haul...WASHINGTON, DC.: (202) 333-1767 Italian-born
Chef Vittoria Testa's new La Perla near
Georgetown puts a Venetian accent on
sea based dishes...
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La Perla:
A Labor of Love
On Tap, December 2002
My sister
and I walked into the sparkling new
La Perla restaurant on Pennsylvania
Avenue the other night for dinner. "Wow",
she gasped, "Check out the glasswork!
I'll bet you its Murano". As a
self-described glass freak, she was
right.
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La Perla:
Venus and Vino
DC ONE, December 2002
Venus may
be the goddess of sexual love, but at
La Perla in Georgetown she is a mute
witness to another kind of passion.
On a bed of pasta anything can happen...
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Digest
Photo Gallery
Mid Atlantic Restaurant Digest,
December 2002
Restaurant
Digest was there as Owner/Chef Vittorio
Testa famed for his previous dining
treasures Il Borgo in McLean, Virginia
and Mona Lisa in the Washington Harbor
opened his new Venetian restaurant,
La Perla.
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Hand-painted
tiles, a fountain, friezes and other
plush appointments set the tone at this
Italian fine-dining spot at the gateway
to Georgetown; the formal setting is
warmed by chef-owner Vittorio Testa's
ebullience and the rich recipes that
earned him a devoted following at his
previous venue in McLean; a private
dining room, with panoramic Potomac
river views, is both inviting and impressive
- like having your own palazzo for the
night.
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VENETIAN-STYLE
COOKING ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
Veteran Washington
restaurateur Vittorio Testa, whose restaurants
included Il Borgo in McLean and Mona
Lisa at DC's Washington Harbour, has
opened La Perla, a Venetian-style Italian
restaurant at 2600 Pennsylvania Avenue,
Northwest (202-333-1767). The specialties
are fresh pastas, risotto, and seafood
dishes, including Treasures of the Sea,
a big platter of steamed mussels, clams,
stone-crab claws, and a lobster tail.
Another of chef Testa's creations is
Spaghetti Malafemmena, with crabmeat,
fresh clams, capers, and black olives
cooked in a spicy marinara sauce.
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United States
Restaurant Guide
A guide to every restaurant in the
USA
Voted best
among the 2011 restaurants in the area
The
neighborhood's newest restaurant opened
in November. Chef Vittorio Testa, formerly
of Filomena's in Georgetown, has designed
this place himself, and it reminds us
of eating at our eccentric Italian uncle's
fancy suburban home. He has decorated
this up-scale ristorante with Venetian
glass, shirred curtains, curios from
his personal collection, and a tile
version of Botticelli's "Birth
of Venus." This is definitely not
a red checkered tablecloth restaurant,
but it has a lot of familiar Italian
dishes on the menu. Off to an impressive
start.
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The Massabny
Dozen
After reviewing
hundreds of restaurants in the Washington
D.C. area, the list below represents
those Rich feels offer the best in quality
of food, portions and service. Prices
are $25-$100 for two people. "The
Massabny Dozen" reflects a wide
variety of tastes.
http://www.richmassabny.com/top12.htm
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Diving for
Pearls
Washington's La Perla Serves Original,
Traditional Italian Dishes
by Rachel Hunt and Stephen Qualiana
We remember
a time in our childhood when fine dining
almost certainly meant an Italian restaurant.
That's when the only ethnic restaurants
were Italian and Chinese, and California
cuisine had not even been invented.
Now most Italian
restaurants are the neighborhood pizzeria
joint with a small dining room. So we
jump at the chance whenever a "fine
dining" Italian restaurant opens
and comes to our attention, such as
Ristorante La Perla of Washington.
Click here to read more.
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