Tastes: Chefs' Secret Ingredient

From the Dec 15, 2006, issue
Il Buco has been a Manhattan insider's restaurant for the 12 years it's been open. It's located on an out-of-the-way block between neighborhoods, but with eclectic, rustic decor and fine, unpretentious Italian food, it has attracted the cog-noscenti.

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