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Vespa in Great Neck: Sporting dinner in Great Neck

Friday February 8, 2013 3:03 PM By Erica Marcus

A vintage Vespa scooter

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Maybe I’m too competitive but I often consider dining a sport where each course constitutes a round with a winner and a loser. At a recent meal at Vespa, I placed in the middle

Vespa Cibobuono, which has stood at the corner of Northern Boulevard and Great Neck Road since 1992, closed for a while last year for renovations and reopened in October 2012. Not much has changed; it’s still a friendly...

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