There are a lot of new restaurants opening up in D.C. these days and many are focused on Italian cuisine.
It's a no-brainer, in some ways, because Italy offers a wide array of options, from the northeastern part of the country near Austria and Hungary, where dishes can include sauerkraut and spicy sausages, to the wild boar dishes of Sardinia, to potato gnocchi tossed in pesto in Liguria. There's a lot to work with.

Chef Michael Schlow already had three other restaurants in D.C. — including the Italian-focused Alta Strada that opened this past spring — before opening Casolare (2505 Wisconsin Ave., N.W.) in July in the Glover Park Hotel. Having grown up in Italian neighborhoods in New York and New Jersey, it's a cuisine that he clearly loves, understanding that there isn't a single dish that can represent the entire country, so it's no surprise that there is little overlap between Alta Strada and Casolare's menus.

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