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RUTH ROVNER
Special to The Jewish News
I
nside Tevere 84, the am-
biance is distinctly Ital-
ian. One wall is
dominated by a large, strik-
ing oil painting depicting
scenes of Rome. The sounds of
Luciana Pavarotti's voice pro-
vide background music. At
several candlelit tables,
patrons are speaking Italian.
They are dining, of course,
on Italian specialties — in
particular, Roman specialties
such as polio a romano, which
is chicken sauteed with red
peppers, oregano and garlic,
and carne secca e concia, beef
with marinated zucchini.
"When you come here, you
can forget New York. You are
in Rome!" says owner Pippo
Lattanzi.
But it's not only the
authentic Roman flavor that
draws patrons to this 50-seat
restaurant at 115 East 84th
Street. This is also a fully
kosher restaurant, the only
one on Manhattan's posh Up-
per East Side that specializes
in Roman-Jewish cuisine.
The chance to sample this
cuisine is just one of the
culinary adventures awaiting
Jewish travelers to the Big
Apple, which offers delicious
— and often unusual bites —
to those in search of kosher
cuisine.
Moroccan, Chinese, Italian,
Mediterranean — all these
and more can be sampled in
Manhattan, the famed
borough that is home to
275,000 Jewish residents and
that offers varied adventures
in kosher dining.
"We became kosher after
Yom Kippur, 1989," says Pip-
po Lattanzi, co-owner of
Thvere 84. "We tried a kosher
menu for the Jewish holidays
and everybody wanted us to
continue."
He and his brother, both
from Rome, had been
operating an Italian
restaurant for seven years
before they made the change
to kosher. They're not Jewish,
but they had many Jewish
friends and patrons, "And
they kept asking us, 'Why
don't you try a kosher
restaurant?' "
They decided to give it a try
by preparing a break-the-fast
meal. It was so successful that
soon the kitchen was made
completely kosher, and the
two brothers set to work
creating their ambitious
Roman-Jewish cuisine.
Of course, some people were
— and still are — curious
about a kosher restaurant
run by two non-Jewish
Italians. "They ask, 'Why do
you do this when you're not
Jewish?' And I say, I like this.
I like the Jewish people and
I also like Roman-Jewish
cooking," says Pippo Lattanzi.
The Roman-Jewish dishes
they cook up include ar-
tichokes fried with oil and
garlic, pasta ceci, which is
chickpea pasta, and carpaccio,
beef marinated with lemon,
oil and artichokes. The
brothers get new ideas when
they go back to Italy every
year. Their patrons, mostly
Jewish, love every spicy bite.
Besides exotic Roman
Jewish cuisine, the Big Apple
offers many bites of classic
Jewish deli food. One of the
From the Old
World to the
Mediterranean is
just a quick
journey northward
on the East Side.
liveliest and most popular of
the genre is the Second
Avenue Deli at 156 Second
Avenue. It's easy to spot
because there's invariably a
line of hungry diners waiting
to be seated. While they wait
— and the line often stretches
outdoors — they can look at
the sidewalk, where the
names of famous actors from
the Yiddish theater are carv-
ed onto the stones.
The restaurant is located in
the heart of what was once
the Yiddish theater district.
Inside, the theater theme also
is emphasized, with posters
on Molly Picon on the wall
and one entire room dedi-
cated to her. The famous ac-
tress still often comes to dine,
says manager Tony Sze.
The mood here is animated
and lively. Waiters hurry by
carrying huge plates of deli
food: potato pancakes, gefilte
fish, brisket, mushrooms and
barley soup, corned beef,
pastrami, roast beef. For
those hungry for even more
Old World cuisine, there's
cholent, a casserole of beef
and beans, stuffed cabbage
and kasha varnishkes.
From the Old World to the
Mediterranean is just a quick
journey northward on the
East Side. At 1239 First
Avenue, a blue and white
awning has Hebrew letters
spelling out Masada.
Inside is a cozy and casual
cafe seating 25 diners. Israeli