I Googled endlessly, looking for the meaning of Fazzo, which I was sure had to be an Italian word, but, apart from some people by that name, all I could come up with was Australian slang for fabulous or wonderful. A definition that might be applied to much, if not all of the food at Fazzo, the newest Corydon Avenue bistro.

Don't expect many more bites from the appetizers you do pay for. In most restaurants if I start with an appetizer I expect to share it, and in most restaurants they are big enough to share. That wouldn't have worked at Fazzo, where the starters, although delicious, were downright diminutive.

Rare among upscale restaurants, Fazzo also has a take-out, fast-food section, located at a side entrance on Wentworth. Best bets are a four ounce burger with cheese ($3.50), a veggie burger of crushed chickpeas and walnuts ($4) and delicious, skinny fries ($2.50). Not quite up to the others, was a sandwich of insipid and slightly pulpy pulled pork with cole slaw ($6) A Greek salad was acceptable although the few tomatoes I found looked and tasted frozen ($7).