Chef Michael White Returns To New York With Refined Posh And Modern Italian Food At Santi

The food at Santi features Chef Michael White's sumptuous crude. EVAN SUNGThe east side of Midtown Manhattan has become a nexus of fine dining Italian restaurants, with Fasano and Il Monello on 49th Street, Il Tinello East on 46thStreet and Lever House on 53rd, now joined by Santi, a splendid ten-month old venture by Chef Michael White and partner Bruce Bonstar of the BBianco Hospitality Group. Well above the trattoria level of home-style cooking and barebones décor, these restaurants are in line with the b ...