Giano
126 E 7th St.
(between 1st and Ave. A)
New York, NY 10009
212-673-7200
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Giano takes its name from the Roman God Janus.  Traditionally, Janus was worshipped at the beginning of the harvest season, making my recent visit to Giano on a lovely fall evening extraordinarily prescient.  Janus is a god of transition, the god of gates and doors and beginnings and endings, and he is more than adequately honored by Giano’s stunning culinary homage. (more…)