Panorama

Panorama Restaurant Review:

Panorama, owned by the Sena family who also operate La Famiglia, offers décor and cuisine that evoke leisurely meals of homemade pasta and an abundance of good wine. An antipasto misto gathers imported meats and cheeses with roasted peppers and marinated eggplant; fazzoletti pasta is tossed with earthy black trumpet mushrooms and chestnut pesto. Roasted veal shoulder is served with crushed fingerlings and a brown butter and sage sauce, and the pan-roasted salmon arrives atop spaghetti squash and eggplant caponata. The wine list includes 150 wines available by the glass from the specially built cruvinet. Sample a flight of wine in the candlelit Il Bar, a spot ideal for trysting. For extra-special private affairs, reserve the wine cellar. Happy hour (Sunday to Friday 5 p.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday 3 p.m.-5 p.m.) in the wine bar presents good deals, with $5 off wine flights; $5 wines by the glass; $4 beer; $4 off select cocktails; and half-off select appetizers.