Babbo is daddy of a price for an Italian
By Fay Maschler, Evening Standard 05.11.09
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Babbo means “daddy” in Italian, says the menu at this new restaurant in Albemarle Street. To keen restaurant watchers, Babbo means Mario Batali’s justly celebrated Italian place near MacDougal Street in
New York. It is an odd naming decision, a bit like someone opening a restaurant in New York and calling it Le Caprice. Oh, of course, someone has, but he (
Richard Caring) at least owns the London original.
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