By Kevin Slane

For more than two decades, The Charles Hotel in Harvard Square was home to Rialto, a highly acclaimed restaurant famous for its slow-roasted duck and run by James Beard Award-winning chef Jody Adams. Its successor, Benedetto, is now open for business, and the Italian cuisine from Owner and Executive Chef Michael Pagliarini, of Cambridge's well-regarded Italian eatery Giulia, looks like it can hold its own with the best restaurants in the area.

"The Charles Hotel has been home to the top restaurants in Cambridge since the beginning, and we look forward to being part of that narrative," Pagliarini said in a press release. "Benedetto is inspired by the honesty and wisdom of traditional Italian regional cooking, and it is my hope each bite conveys that passion."

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