When I first saw this restaurant at the site of the old Bond clothing store I thought "Look, someone ate at Carmine's and liked it so much they opened the same restaurant a couple blocks away". Every review I've read starts basically the same way...the reviewer expects a tourist trappy, mediocre Itaian food restaurant, and they're all pleasantly surprised. I'm here to agree with all of them...Bond 45 is a really fun place, with great food and a very pleasant wait staff.

I won't go through every dish I've sampled in the two times I've been there, I'll just mention the appetizers alone are worth the price of admission. When you first walk in, you walk past the kitchen and about three dozen different grilled vegetable antipasti. Tell the waiter what your favorites are, and they'll pick a mix of seven for only $22. There's a mozzerella misto, a platter carrying six types of fresh mozzarella, that will melt in your mouth. And a fruiti di mare seafood platter that I'm going to order every single time I come back.

Pre-theatre, group dinner, family or friends are in town, or you're just in the mood for a really good Italian feast...check out Bond 45. Food just like momma used to order.