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[STOP PRESS: SECCO IS NOW CLOSED (SEPTEMBER 2011)]
Secco
86 Pilgrim Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 6SG
La Pergola, the best restaurant in Rome, sits atop the Cavalieri hotel. With its three Michelin stars, I thought it might be a starting point for a piece about Italian food.
Sadly my editor didn’t agree: sure, it may have a great view and its fried zucchini flowers with caviar are to die for, but €300 a head with wine is stretching it and, besides, Heinz Beck the chef is German. Perhaps somewhere a little closer to home and more authentic?
