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| | Robin Garr's Louisville Restaurant Guide / Porcini |
 | | The recent arrival of Volare, the city's hot, trendy new Italian spot on Frankfort Avenue, prompted me to take a fresh look at Porcini, the still-hot, always trendy Italian spot that's been going strong for more than a dozen years just a few blocks east of its newer Italian neighbor on Frankfort's Restaurant Row. |
 | | A pleasant evening and filling Italian meal later, I'm pleased to report that Porcini is holding up very well in the competition: Crowded and emitting with a pleasant social buzz on an autumn week night, this local favorite fully satisfied with friendly service and a series of consistently fine dishes from Chef John R. Plymale. |
 | | Porcini really has two wine programs: A high-end Captain's List features well-chosen, impressive Italian and American wines, mostly, at breathtaking but appropriate prices for sought-after "Super Tuscan" wines and the like from good vintages, ranging up to $230 for the 2000 Ornellaia and $275 for the 2000 Antinori Solaia. |
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