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This secret Italian restaurant serves more intrigue than flavor

If hype could cook the food, Vita would be sizzling. But based on my dining experiences, this restaurant needs more work to become the hidden Italian gem it wants to be.

Rich Venezia (left) takes a photograph of Joe Parisi before they enter Vita through the red refrigerator door from the gelato shop as Vita gelato maestro Matt Cocco (right) stands behind the counter on Thursday, September 19, 2024.
Rich Venezia (left) takes a photograph of Joe Parisi before they enter Vita through the red refrigerator door from the gelato shop as Vita gelato maestro Matt Cocco (right) stands behind the counter on Thursday, September 19, 2024.Read moreYong Kim / Staff Photographer