Restaurateur Giovanni Tafuri launched his
latest venture, Sette Enoteca e Cucina, in May and named it for
the Park Slope avenue on which it sits: sette means "seven"
in Italian. The new eatery adds much-needed glamour – and a lot
of good cooking – to a strip known for mediocre dining.
Tafuri, who also owns the Greenwich Village trattoria Sapore,
placed the talented Amanda Freitag, former chef de cuisine at
Manhattan’s ’Cesca, in the kitchen. Now Freitag is offering her
signature brand of rustic cooking with an additional perk: a
wood-burning oven for pizzas and fish. Freitag even bakes fruit
in there for desserts.
Her autumn menu features tuna with white bean puree topped with
olives and olive oil; a grilled hanger steak; and sea bass scented
with wood smoke and served with fingerling potatoes, capers and
arugula (pictured).
To make the meal even sweeter, the house offers a "Venti
per Venti" wine list, or 20 bottles for $20-a-piece. Quartinos
of the wine (about two glasses) will set you back just $9.
Sette’s dining room is spare and modern, yet not cold, thanks
to wooden tables, warm-colored walls and an open kitchen. There’s
a patio that’s almost as large as the dining room, but with the
weather cooling off so quickly, you’ll need to hurry if you want
to sip your Prosecco outdoors.
Sette Enoteca e Cucina (207 Seventh Ave. at Third Street) accepts
American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa. Entrees: $15-$24.
The restaurant serves lunch and dinner Tuesday through Sunday.
Brunch is available on weekends from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm. Closed
Mondays. For reservations, call (718) 499-7767.
