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Arturo's - a humble neighborhood restaurant where a warm welcome awaits you!

The young owners have turned Arturo’s into a favorite among advocates of local agriculture and artisanal fare. It mills grain for its bread and pizza crust, and takes pains to tell customers which nearby farms produced ingredients from kale to sausage.       

The chef, Dan Richer, was named a semifinalist for a James Beard Foundation award this year — akin to a film made by unknowns contending for an Oscar. He did not win the prize, but the word was out, far-flung foodies started making the trip, and the lines of people waiting for tables got even longer.       

He is just a kitchen wizard, with an incendiary passion for the elemental ingredients and simple preparations that define true Italian cooking, the kind you get in Italy.

A zestful and outgoing host, buzz-cut and rail-thin, he will visit your table at least once a night. Get him going and he’ll tell you about skipping his graduation at Rutgers to travel in Italy — the first of many pilgrimages there.