Tipo is the antidote for sunlight deprivation disorder.

By Colin W. Sargent

The Back Cove neighborhood has lovely rhythms. We head to Tipo on Ocean Avenue near Cheverus because “Wednesday is Prince Spaghetti Night,” as the early settlers used to say. The crowd here is warm and familiar. I don’t hear anyone making the mistake of calling Back Cove “Back Bay.”

There’s a welcoming bar with a variety of Italian-leaning cocktails; a house-made shrub; and brew, including Birra Peroni. The wine list is an armchair tour of sunny Italy, from Villa Fura in Veneto (its capital city is Venice); to Arnoldo Rossi of Toscana (its capital city is Florence); to Bosco de Medici, Pompeii, Campania (its capital city is Naples); to Lamoresca of Sicilia (its capital city is Palermo).

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