Walking into Massimo is like arriving at a high school reunion. You've been here before but things have changed and you spend an inordinate amount of time trying to remember what everything looked like back in the day. It's a futile effort given that the restaurant is an entirely different animal from Mediterraneo, the former occupant of one of the area's most expansive spaces.

Staff will tell you Massimo holds around 200 people and, though that's full capacity for a standing-room-only event, it remains an expansive building split into two dining rooms and two bars. But while Mediterraneo felt like a cruise ship, Massimo is more like an Italian village — intimate despite the infrastructure.

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Source: http://www.rimonthly.com/