DRINK OF THE WEEK: Toma Restaurant & Bar’s Tuscan pear

Tuscan pear NIK BLASKOVICH/NEWS-PRESS
Tuscan pear
NIK BLASKOVICH/NEWS-PRESS

When Emilio’s closed last year (at first for a rumored remodel) its fate seemed uncertain. But now it has reopened as Toma Restaurant & Bar, and regulars can breath easy: the restaurant has continued the Italian cuisine and widened out the restaurant a bit. This is all thanks to Tom Dolan, who spent many years working here and didn’t want to change too much. (Toma is Tom’s nickname.) The owners handed it off to Tom and his wife, Vicki, without too much of a fuss. And the nice thing? He kept Raul Alarcon as bartender, who has been making cocktails here for some time now.

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