Jennifer Zyman Awards Cooks & Soldiers Three Stars

Creative Loafing critic Jennifer Zyman reviews Cooks & Soldiers, awarding the Castellucci Hospitality Group's latest venture a "very good" rating of three out of five stars. Zyman says the restaurant is the Castelluccis' best yet:

Although this restaurant group has built up a loyal customer base across all of its establishments, Cooks and Soldiers feels the most realized, the most mature. The employees are great hosts, and the food is well executed and reasonably priced. Fred Castellucci's leadership and an intense year of preparation, research, training, and tasting after tasting have paid off.

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