Soccer-shirt Sundays at the new Michelangelo in Silver Lake

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Happily for Silver Lake, the much-loved neighborhood Italian restaurant Michelangelo has finally reopened in its new Rowena Avenue location. Happily for me, the hunky, alpha-male Italian waiters that have always made Michelangelo an attractive destination now wear blue soccer jerseys and jeans on Sunday nights. It’s a small detail, but it brings an added sexiness and a weird authenticity to a place that already felt a lot like a low-key, street-side restaurant in Rome.

In other Michelangelo news: There is no beer or wine yet, but you can BYOB; there is a large front patio, and the place is packed on weekend nights.

2742 Rowena Ave., (323) 660-4843.

--Jessica Gelt