Bevanda An excellent Northern Italian fine dining experience right here in Great Neck. Great Neck has its share of Italian restaurants, but most deal in the familiar cooking of south Italy: spaghetti, pizza, and the like with influences from the Mediterranean. Bevanda represents the Northern Italian school of cooking, which has more influences from fine French and European cooking. I definitely recommend it. Rating by steve: 4.5 stars REVISED POST – January 27, 2013 This is one of those rare reviews where I wrote a review and I’m changing it only a few weeks later after re-visiting the restaurant and having a much better experience. The first time I visited Bevanda (below) was on a weekday. In all honesty, it was a little depressing going there, as Lisa and I were among the only patrons in the whole place. But what a difference a weekend makes. Lisa’s dad is moving back to Taiwan after more than 20 years of living in the United States. We wanted to send him off in style. We’ve already done the Peter Luger thing for his birthday, so we wanted to take him to another special place in Great Neck. Lisa mentioned to me that…
