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  • The seasonal patio menu offers "cicchetti" - small snacks like baked ricotta and local heirloom tomatoes - as well as various small dishes and entrees, including roasted mussels; fluke crudo with cucumber and melon; focaccia topped with bone marrow, gremolata and parmigiano; and whole roasted fish with lemon, capers and herbs.

    NYT > Home Page By ALICE GABRIEL 2011

  • Avenue in Clinton, opened this dark-wood and subway-tile spot, with a selection of wines from female winemakers and Venetian-style "tapas" called cicchetti:

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • The new venture -- which will reportedly focus on Venetian small plates, called cicchetti -- sounds like a fairly natural transition; we'll be interested to see what comes of it.

    DCist 2010

  • Every once in a while, you would take a break in the day and sample various things, which the Venetians call cicchetti, or small plates.

    Houston Press | Complete Issue 2009

  • "cicchetti," including mounds of fresh sheep's-milk ricotta (sprinkled liberally with sea salt) and melty slices of "testa della casa" (headcheese) antipasti decked with tangy pickled vegetables.

    unknown title 0xcee07ac 2009

  • The cicchetti the typical food for aperitivo in Venice are incredible here.

    Andria Mitsakos: Scene By Scene: Venice In 23 Hours Andria Mitsakos 2011

  • Satiated by wine and cicchetti, it was time for dinner.

    Andria Mitsakos: Scene By Scene: Venice In 23 Hours Andria Mitsakos 2011

  • Ed mentioned the cicchetti, and I fully concur that they make a fine start to any meal here.

    Ed Levine: Tribeca's Newest Mod-Italian, A Restaurant For The Times 2009

  • I love mezze' or tapas or cicchetti -- or whatever you want to call Mediterranean-style small plates.

    Friday Nights IN: Mediterranean Nosh and Soave 2009

  • Antonucci brought cicchetti (that's pronounced chi-KET-ee) culture to America from Venice, where the humidity and summer heat have always forced Venetians to cool off with a few glasses of wine.

    Food: It Rhymes With Spaghetti 2008

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