If you have to book a big table for a family reunion, Café Barbosso is the place for you. The noise you make catching up on each other’s lives won’t make a dent in the boisterous din already going on. There’s the TV at the bar, clumps of people ordering pizza having a rousing time, folks getting up to check out the art for sale on the walls, or chatting with an artist at the easel who’s painting in a corner.

It’s like a bazaar in this place, with tables, booths, a long bar and a semi-open kitchen where the hustle and bustle looks like madness but is highly organized and overseen by chef Joe DiMaggio Jr. (Yes, he’s related to the baseball legend.) A big man, chef Joe loves to walk the room talking up the regulars and introducing himself to new people. The industrial space is wide and high, just right for the larger-than-life personality who runs it.