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REVIEWS/AWARDS
2001 Premio di Regione Basilicata
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Luigi Diotiaiuti and Al Tiramisu are the recipients
of the 2001 Regione Basilicata in the 'World Restaurant
Category'.
The award is given to only 3 restaurants, 1 for the
best restaurant in the Basilicata region, 1 for the
best restaurant in Italy, and 1 for the best restaurant
world-wide.
The restaurants best represent the culture of the
Basilicata region of Italy - where Luigi is from.
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1998-99 Insegna del Ristorante Italiano
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This annual award is granted to selected restaurants
all over the world that have demonstrated superior
achievement in the culinary arts and have acted as
goodwill ambassadors for all things Italian.
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The Washington Post
– Tom Sietsema
My remedy for a bad day is a meal at Al Tiramisu. There
are better Italian restaurants and more beautiful Italian
restaurants, but none of them makes me feel as happy to
be there as this place does, whether I'm sitting alone on
a bar stool, watching a soccer match with the waiters and
winding linguine with baby clams around my fork, or settled
in at a table with friends, eating whatever a server has
urged us to try.
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The Washington Post
– Phyllis C. Richman
The staff is genial, and so is the menu...By the time the
entrees arrive, plain and simple grilled fish looks particularly
attractive. Nothing here beats it, though the osso buco
comes close. Desserts are a list of crowd-pleasers, mostly
chocolate, drizzled, striped, latticed and painted with
sauces in contrasting colors. They fit the devil-may-care
mood of this restaurant.
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(Average user rating 4.5 out of 5)
You'll find inspired pastas dishes, some of which is actually
made fresh on the premises. Although the kitchen offers
other choices such as gelatto and crème caramel,
the obvious dessert here is tiramisú. It's a cozy
and neighborly restaurant with a mock fireplace, wine racks
built right into the walls, and sun-bright colors.
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100 VERY BEST RESTAURANTS - Washingtonian
Al Tiramisu was chosen as one of the 100 best restaurants
in Washington, D.C. for three years running:
2000
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1999
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1998
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Insiders.com (Insider's guide to Washington
DC)
Your first course should be pasta--it's like silk here,
both in terms of the subtle melding of flavors and the just-right
texture. Next should be a dish of veal, lamb or fish. It's
hard to decide which is best, so you might want to go with
a group and taste a bit of everything. The desserts are
all delicious, and this small, friendly place is eager to
please.
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The Hoya
- Seth Binder and Katie Ratzan
We ordered spinach and cheese ravioli in a butter cream
sauce and potato gnocchi in a tomato sauce. The ravioli
was phenomenal - just like Luigi promised. The gnocchi was
just as great; it was incredibly fresh and very smooth.
Neither meal left us with the usual heavy feeling that pasta
often does.
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Luigi Diotiaiuti
TV APPEARANCES
- Channel 56 "DiverCity"
- Channel 9 Morning News
- TV Channel 8
ASSOCIATIONS
- Confrérie de la Chaîne
des Rôtisseurs, Baltimore Chapter
- The American Institute of Wine
and Food
- Associazione Cuochi Italiani,
Regione Sardegna
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