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Foodie Experiences
Wood-Fired Italian at CinCin
Climb the Robson staircase into a golden room where a six-foot wood grill has been perfuming everything since noon.
Foodie Experiences
Climb the Robson staircase into a golden room where a six-foot wood grill has been perfuming everything since noon.
CinCin earns its reputation the old-fashioned way: you climb a staircase off Robson, arrive into a warm, golden room (or the heated terrace, if you plan ahead), and immediately smell the six-foot wood-fired grill doing its work. From there, the evening more or less runs itself. The handmade pasta is the kind you photograph and then go quiet over. The grill plates are serious. The wine list runs deep enough to make you feel like you need to do research, and then you order by the glass anyway. It's polished without being stiff, and the heated terrace is worth requesting if the evening cooperates. This is the right call for an anniversary, a 'we made it past three dates' celebration, or any occasion that justifies dressing up and pretending you eat like this every week.
