Formaggio and Friends

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Formaggio and Friends on South Orange Avenue in SoDo is a cozy Italian grocery and wine bar where cheese cases, pantry shelves and a communal table share one small room. Guests urge each other to run for the mortadella sandwich and call the crab cakes the best in town, alongside the TomaRashi board and hand pulled bocconcini and burrata. Hosts pour tastings with knowledgeable guidance, keeping the feel closer to a neighborhood hangout than a shop.

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