Trattoria Cinque is big—there’s seating for 250—but it’s centered on a small number. The menu is organized in groups of five (“cinque” is “five in Italian): There are five small plates, five pastas, five large plates, and five desserts; the wine list has five whites and five reds. (Also notable is the “Caesarista,” a staffer tossing Caesar salads in the dining room.) The designers made the most of the windowless space by emphasizing the brick walls and arches and lining the walls with bottles of Aperol and limoncello. You’re pretty much guaranteed a seat, if not on weekdays at the bar, which can get popular with the after-work crowd. (Closed March 2013)

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