by Hailey Eber

On a recent Saturday, Christopher Nicolla enjoyed the same over-the-top Italian hospitality and delectable pasta he had the week before while vacationing in Rome — but he wasn't in Europe.

Nicolla, a 27-year-old menswear designer, dined at Antica Pesa, an Italian restaurant in Williamsburg that opened last fall. It's the first stateside outpost of a 91-year-old hot spot of the same name, located in Rome's Trastevere district. It's been run by the Panella family for four generations, and it's brought an incongruous bit of continental grandeur to an otherwise mellow block of Berry Street.

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Source: The New York Post