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We recently spent a night in Maisons Lafitte and wanted to take friends to dinner who liver there. They recommended the Caffe e Cucina, and boy was that ever a great choice! Right on the old berg's main dag, the CeC boasta few tables outdoors on the very wide sidewalk - not an option before Christmas. The restaurant is not very wide, but it is larger than you think, leading deep into the back of the building. We were taken to a nice table in the second section of the railroad-style establishment, right across from the pizzaiolo. Our server was very attentive and prompt and very pleasant. I'd often heard that the French, especially waiters and hotel staff, and particularly the ones in Paris, were a bit, well, snooty with tourists. There was absolutely none of that. He couldn't have been nicer. Ok, our two friends were locals and frequent patrons, as well as having a friend who worked there, and I speak a little French, but in any case the service couldn't have been better, truly. My husband had salmon - large chunk! - with polenta cooked into golden browned blocks, amazing. I'd never seen something exactly like that before. My friend's steak tartar looked great and she said it was - huge portion, too. Her husband had a steak - all good. I had a pizza and it was ok, veggie variety and it was loaded with fresh veggies, but on the whole, not really the best pizza I've ever had, not even second best. I'd live to go there again, but would not have pizza again, but one of the other dishes. We also had dessert; my chocolate souffle was divine, simply divine! Lea's croquant was enormous, and looked delicious. It was great, reasonably priced food. I can highly recommend this. Just not the pizza