Guido's

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$$$$Perfect For:Classic Establishment

We usually reserve the word handsome for antique furniture or corgis in bow ties, but it’s a fitting description for Guido’s dining room. Along with dark wood ceilings, cherry-colored leather booths, and antique figurines on illuminated shelves, there’s a dramatic fireplace that’s definitely held a bubbling cauldron before. The place is like eating dinner at the Winchester Mystery House rather than a squat brick building off Bundy. Start with the Guido’s salad (their take on a chopped) then onto the Spaghetti Casa with plump shrimp in vodka sauce and a chocolate-drizzled tiramisu so good the ghosts who (probably) live here will want a bite.

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