8/12/2023 0 Comments Night owl restaurant pennsylvania![]() ![]() The name means “once upon a time,” and the owner is Rutilio Duran, a Tuscan from Livorno who is able to evoke Tuscany without turning C’era una Volta into a parody of its Italian origins. It’s a charming setting despite the fact that the restaurant is wedged between the post office on the left and a Japanese bistro on the right. The second-best seats are outside under the lights strung across the square, in which C’era una Volta sits. The tables were full so I took a seat at the wine bar, one of the best places to sit in this trattoria, which opened eight years ago right off Park Street. Now, on some nights, the windows of Angela’s Bistro and Bar next door fill with the town’s people, smiling, looking chic and happy to be seen right there.Ĭ’era una Volta ( I first wandered into one of the early settlers, C’era una Volta, a few years ago. ![]() One by one, boutiques, cafes, restaurants and bars began to cluster around the neon sign. Two decades later and the Navy has departed, leaving behind possibilities for change (along with hazardous contamination with which residents are still struggling.) The theater has been renovated and combined with a cineplex. Park Street was dotted with dusty shops, a few restaurants and, instead of movies, the only thing inside the 1932 Art Deco style Alameda Theater was a gymnastics class. I also remember after a bachelorette party going to a bar, the Lost Weekend I think, where I drank shots of bad tequila. I recall eating my first spider roll there. That and a sushi restaurant whose name I can’t remember. The first time I crossed the Park Street Bridge from Oakland to Alameda it was 1992, when the bowling alley near the South Shore Center seemed like the highlight of “the Island’s” social life. ![]()
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