by Steve Cuozzo

Design is destiny. Santina is a glass-box folly so festive, it nudges timid diners outside their predictable-Italian comfort boxes. Chilies! Yogurt! Scorching red-pepper rings on top of lubriciously olive-oiled, black-and-white anchovies!

Santina, from Major Food Group partners Mario Carbone (who's in charge of Santina's kitchen), Rich Torrisi and Jeff Zalaznick, earns its High Line Park aura. Architect Renzo Piano's instant-landmark glass shell beneath the trestle is only the start.

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