Winning bidder will receive a gift certificate valued at $50 for Antico Forno in the North End of Boston.

About Antico Forno:

Top Ten Italian Restaurants Around the World: 9. Antico Forno Boston, MA Antico Forno is billed as “The Most Authentic Italian Restaurant,” and we’re hard pressed to argue. This mainstay in Boston’s North End manages a cozy mom-and-pop atmosphere with world-class traditional cuisine. Entrees like Saltimbocca di Pollo and Linguine al Frutti di Mare hearken back to the old country, but Antico Forno is best known for its brick-oven pizzas piled high with house-made Italian sausages and mozzarella.

Antico Forno - Italian for "old stove"                                               

Sawdust-covered floors, a mural-sized rendition of the Tuscany countryside (painted by a local artist Jack Dunlea) and a blessed statue of St. Rocco tucked into a beehive-shaped, wood-burning brick oven set the stage at the North End's rustic trattoria, Antico Forno. With Their successful 1993 flagship restaurant, Terramia, across the street, Carla Agrippino-Gomes took on a new challenge in 1996 of bringing dishes to Salem Street. Antico Forno - Italian for "old stove" - features brick-oven classics such as roasted chicken in a natural juices with garlic and herbs stuffed under crusted skin; pizza with artichoke hearts, imported Italian porcini mushrooms, and Campania buffalo mozzarella, finished with truffle oil; and linguini with clams, mussels, calamari and shrimp, sautéed in a plum tomato sauce and baked in parchment paper. Even the double-domed brick oven was custom-built by a native Napolitan craftsman.                                              

Antico Forno is an inviting neighborhood trattoria that provides a truly authentic Neapolitan experience.

Link is www.anticofornoboston.com