Tavola Rossa
5300 Homewood Banks Drive, Raleigh
532-7100.
Cuisine: Italian.
Rating: ** 1/2.
Prices: entrees average $17 to $25.
Atmosphere: casual meets chic.
Service: attentive.
Recommended: antipasto bar, wood oven-roasted meats and fish, cannelloni, braised calf's liver.
Open: lunch and dinner nightly.
Reservations: accepted
Other: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover; full bar (excellent wine list); kid-tolerant; patio.
The N&O's critic dines anonymously; the newspaper pays for all meals. We rank restaurants in five categories:
**** Extraordinary.
*** Excellent.
** Good.
* Fair.
Zero stars: Poor.
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This story was originally published July 30, 2004 at 3:00 AM with the headline "Tavola Rossa."