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ROC Stars Having shuttered their celebrity-studded restaurant in NYC to move closer to the Louisville branch of their family tree, Rocco and Stacy Cadolini bring authentic Italian cuisine, hospitality and a little bit of la dolce vita to Bardstown Road. BY CHRISTINE FELLINGHAM PHOTOS BY DANNY ALEXANDER
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ou probably won’t bump into former clients Robert DeNiro, Gwyneth Paltrow or Jay-Zee at ROC on Bardstown Road, but you may feel a little bit of the stardust brush off on you. From the Tim Dixon diamond solitaire light fixtures on the patio to the gleaming,
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custom-designed bar, to the soft blue and lavender private dining rooms named after daughters Alessia and Sofia, this jewel box of a restaurant is carefully filled with a deft blend of both the impeccably-chic and the intensely personal. There are no fake Italian family photos here. But there is, however, a framed copy of a New York
magazine article featuring ROC. And an Italian grandmother’s cookbook by Food Network chef Rocco Dispirito (a ROC Tribeca fan) featuring Rocco’s grandmother. ROC is, in a word, authentic. From chef Giovanni Tenace’s sinfully-delicious homemade pasta to the flaming and