Sotto Voce Wine & Pasta Bar

Sotto Voce has held the corner of College and Clinton for years as one of Little Italy's quieter, more grown-up rooms. It is a wine bar as much as a restaurant: a deep list of Italian bottles with a strong by-the-glass program, a short menu of pasta and antipasti, and low light over a small dining room and a street-side patio. Service is unhurried and the pacing suits a long dinner rather than a quick plate, which is exactly why locals keep it in rotation.