While we love traditional Boston-style Italian food (read: heavy and red-sauced), it’s great to find some places like Coppa that are moving things along. We only wish we had a chance to try more than pizza and some antipasti, though both were brilliant. Carote (Marinated baby carrots with ginger and dahlia) and Cavolfiore (Marinated cauliflower with shallots, thyme, Ricotta Salata and sea salt) were both unexpected and clever.  The pizzas prompted a discussion of our short list of five-best-ever – they’ve in that territory.  We went for the Buratta Bianco (White pizza with buratta, heirloom squash and Calabrian chili oil) and Salsiccia (Tomato, spicy pork sausage, ricotta, and red onion).  Great food is complemented by an Italian wine list with some unusual varieties (e.g. our Carignano Surrau “Rosso Juannisolu”) arranged geographically, from north to south.

Another thing we love is that half the seats are held for walk-ins, so you always have a shot at getting in, although you might have to wait for a little bit.  But it’s worth the wait.