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Mani Osteria opens

Filling the dead zone on Liberty

by Sally Mitani

posted 7/8/2011

Here's a "hometown boy makes good" story. Adam Baru, son of a local orthodontist, who has worked with some restaurant industry giants--Masaharu Morimoto and Danny Meyer--has returned home to open his own restaurant, Mani Osteria. "Mani" means "hands" in Italian, while "osteria" means what "bistro" means in French--a family-owned neighborhood eatery. Which

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