Learn how to choose authentic Italian restaurants by reading the menu, tasting the details, and finding warm hospitality worth returning to again and again.

See what sets an award winning restaurant group apart - from culinary standards and service to atmosphere, consistency, and lasting loyalty.

Led by Divino and Focoso, the Trattoria Moderna movement is an effort to move beyond "tourist trap" Italian dining by combining the warmth of a classic trattoria with modern technical precision and obsessive sourcing.

They say that in the restaurant world, time moves differently. If you survive the first year, you are lucky. If you make it to five, you are a rarity. But reaching ten years? That puts you in a selected group of survivors.