The mansion at the corner of Prytania Street and Jackson Avenue is flanked by white columns, framed by twisting oaks, fronted by a staircase big enough for the whole bridal party and dripping with a steamboat's load of cast iron. As a vignette of old Southern grandeur, it's classic.

However, on the lower level of the stately property, the new Italian restaurant Altamura is aiming for a different type of classic. In the kitchen, that means red sauce and ricotta, clams casino and lobster fra diavlo, mozzarella and Marsala, and zuppa de pesce over linguini.

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Source: http://www.theadvocate.com/