Old World Italian cuisine is fairly easy to find in Mercer County, as is Americanized Italian pizza and pasta. But for contemporary Italian dishes, the place to go is Osteria Radici in Allentown.

Chef/owner Randy Forrester has worked for other area restaurants including the Homestead Inn in Hamilton and Brothers Moon in Hopewell Borough. But his long-term plan was always to open his own restaurant serving his interpretation of modern Italian cuisine. "It's a new take for this area," he said, "Italian cuisine through a modern lens using techniques that are centuries old."