La Piazzetta
PRICE:
Frommer's Highly Recommended
ADDRESS: Paseo Colón near Calle 40
CITY: San Jose
COUNTRY: Costa Rica
PHONE 1: 2221-8451
With a long menu and formal service, this restaurant reminds me of the Italian restaurants of old in New York's Little Italy. The menu includes quite a few risotto dishes, as well as several lobster offerings and some Sicilian fare. The veal scaloppini in a truffle sauce is excellent. Salads are colorful and artistically arranged. For dessert, sample a classic chocolate mousse or tiramisu. The wine list is quite extensive, with good and reasonably priced offerings from Italy, and most other prominent wine producing regions around the world.
Copyright: Excerpted from
Frommer's Costa Rica 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

San Jose
, Costa Rica