This is the brainchild of master chef Nino Graziano, who in the 2000s set the benchmark for Italian cuisine in Russia with Semifreddo (see page 100). La Bottega keeps pace with its predecessor: a pastry counter with desserts at the entrance, a large dining room with an open kitchen, a substantial wine menu, a spacious summer terrace with homemade gelato almost in the shadow of the Kremlin, and breakfasts ranging from protein omelets to crab cutlets. In every sense of the word, it's grandiose. The menu displays the same baroque range — dozens of pizzas and pastas, plenty of crudo and carpaccio, and an abundance of grilled meats and seafood. Graziano pays special tribute to his native Sicily, preparing traditional eggplant caponata, arancini, cannoli, and almond semifreddo.

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