Evviva is like the restaurant you visited in Italy, the neighborhood spot that speaks softly and that you couldn’t stop talking about afterward.

It’s the one with the menu that reads simply, overdelivers in fresh and vivid flavors, and changes constantly with the market and the catch of the day. You swore that after that your trip you’d keep eating like this back home, and now you can again at Evviva.

The restaurant opened last spring in the Marigny address that had been the Franklin for more than 10 years.

The space is darkly stylish and sexy, with a few nooks for larger tables and a collection of contemporary art. A big L-shaped bar is the centerpiece, and it’s a great eating bar too.

Behind it, glass columns of golden bubble patterns rise like fizz to the top of a glass, strongly s

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