Verde Wine Bar and Ristorante

March 13, 2014

What started as Papa Joe's pizzeria is reborn as Verde Wine Bar and Ristorante, a wine bar, modern restaurant and catering establishment across the street from Tanger Outlets in Deer Park. With updates on Italian-American classics and a few New American forays, it's the perfect place for a tasty, dependable meal.

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Verde Wine Bar and Ristorante, a wine bar, modern restaurant and catering establishment, located in Deer Park.

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Verde Wine Bar and Ristorante in Deer Park has a wine bar that offers adventures in mixology and plenty of vino.

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Verde Wine Bar and Ristorante in Deer Park features mass-market fresco fragments that provide the color in a spot otherwise devoted to neutral hues, dark-wood- topped tables and bentwood chairs.

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Restaurant owner Anthony Carcaterra in the bar at Verde Wine Bar and Ristorante in Deer Park.

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Chef James Ahearn prepares dishes in the kitchen at Verde Wine Bar and Ristorante in Deer Park.

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A cured-meat-and-cheese board with condiments serves as a tasty appetizer at Verde Wine Bar and Ristorante in Deer Park.

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Cod puttanesca is a savory main course boosted by olives, capers, anchovies, tomato and fingerling potatoes at Verde Wine Bar and Ristorante in Deer Park.