We had a great dinner tonight at Il Latini.  We'd heard about it from several people and walked by it Friday night and saw there were a lot of people waiting outside (which we haven't seen anywhere else so far.)  So we decided we had to try it.

 We showed up early and got in what appeared to be a pretty manageable line - being Italy, however, that soon turned into a huge mob instead.  When they opened at 7:30 they were very organized, though, and the guy at the door was pretty good at keeping everyone in check.  He took the groups with reservations first (which we didn't have).  Those folks were crazy - even though they had reservations they were very tense and pushy (ugly Americans again.)

We were the first ones in after the reservations.  Seating was family style and we were seated with two other couples, one American the other British.  They were about our age and good company, so that definitely added to our experience. 

You don't get a menu, but they did offer us choices (pasta or soup, beef, chicken, veal or lamb).  And of course there was a giant bottle of chianti in the middle for us to share.  We ended up going through two of those! 

All in all we had four delicious courses and left very full and satisfied.  Our favorite meal so far!