Florida weather in September/October may be like living in a steam bath, but there's an upside: No reservations needed at good restaurants & less noise within. It's not a bad trade-off.\r
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Whenever we visit, we try to include Cafe Vico in our dining plans. It's consistently good, you receive a warm welcome from its owner, & the service is excellent. I love the ambiance: three inviting, smallish, rooms, cozy, dark-stained wood bar & accents, earthy yellow walls, raised blue ceilings that appear to be filled with night-lit clouds, "antique" accessories such as musical instruments, film paraphernalia, framed pictures of celebraties of a bygone era. Cafe Vico is like an inviting hearth. \r
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With the complimentary bruschetta, my husband & I both ordered house salads, romaine lettuce, olives, excellent tomatoes, shredded carrots, served with a marvelous tomato vinaigrette. It looked as if the tomatoes in it had been coarsely pureed.\r
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As much as I enjoy perusing the extensive menu at Cafe
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