Neighborhood Eats: Cesco Trattoria

Reviewed by Cynthia Hacinli , Ann Limpert , Sara Levine

Cesco Trattoria

4871 Cordell Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: 301-654-8333

Cuisines:
Italian

Opening Hours:
Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu:
Evening: 05:30 PM - 10:00 PM Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri:
Afternoon: 11:30 AM - 02:30 PM Fri,Sat:
Evening: 05:30 PM - 10:30 PM Sun:
Evening: 05:30 PM - 09:30 PM

Wheelchair Accessible:
Yes

Nearby Metro Stops:
Bethesda

Price Range:
Moderate

Dress:
Upscale Casual

Noise Level:
Intimate

Reservations:
Recommended

Special Features:
Party Space

Parking:
Valet

Best Dishes
Bruschetta with cannellini beans; panzanella salad; rabbit stew; braised osso buco; T-bone lamb chop over lentils and sautéed vegetables; fish specials, which change regularly.

Chef Francesco Ricchi recently opened the splashier D’Acqua on Pennsylvania Avenue, but he’s still a presence at Cesco, his romantic ten-year-old spot on a quiet Bethesda corner. Ricchi brought his family’s Tuscan cuisine to Washington when he opened downtown DC’s I Ricchi in the late 1980s. At Cesco, focus on rustic dishes such as bruschetta with cannellini beans, hearty panzanella, a big veal chop, and any of the mostly house-made pastas.

-March, 2008

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