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“Uovo-- CLOSED”

Occasion:	Cuisine:	Area:	Cost:	Rating:
Night Out	New American	East Village	Moderate	Good

sserts would redeem the evening. They almost did. The tarragon and pink peppercorn ice cream was terrific, as was the lemon verbena sorbet (but VERY tart), but the chocolate biscuit, made to order with a great scoop of vanilla ice cream, tasted like something a five-year old with no familiarity with baking soda made with an easy bake oven. It was gummy and chalky and quite close to vile. It was time to leave.

While some parts of my meal at Uovo were wonderful—the company, the bread, the wine, the sardines, the bitter greens, the sides—for the most part I was pretty disappointed in the experience. I had heard great things, and was looking forward to loving it. And the thing is the place has potential. It gives off a welcoming amount of sincere charm, and has the right stuff to be a favorite little neighborhood place. But the food is just not there. While I had eaten enough, and was certainly full, a big part of me was not satisfied. And there is a quite a difference between being done, and being sated.

Uovo is located at 175 Avenue B, at 11th Street, 212-475-Uovo.

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Posted: August 21, 2005

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