After his family's decades-old, Transit Road restaurant, Carmine's, burned to the ground last year, Michael Jacobbi took the opportunity to capitalize on Buffalo's continuing momentum to open a new operation within city limits. That restaurant, Giacobbi's Cucina Citta, served its first meal to downtown patrons in late May.

Located on Allen Street near Franklin, in a no-frills space formerly occupied by Presto, Giacobbi's dishes up homey Italian-American fare in belly-filling portions. The menu is made navigable by a system of categories that includes small plates, meatballs, pasta, salads, breads, zuppa, artisan pizza, and entrees.

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