Dinner Rush

“Revenge is a dish best served cold,” as the saying goes, and this spicy mix of haute cuisine and La Cosa Nostra delivers on its pull-quote promise of “Big Night meets The Sopranos.” Danny Aiello is perfectly cast as Louis Cropa, the owner of a fancy Tribeca neighborhood eatery that's acquired a tony reputation thanks to the culinary imagination of its haughty head chef, Cropa's son Udo (Edoardo Ballerini). Second chef Duncan (Kirk Acevedo) cooks up a mean plate of sausage and peppers more to pop's taste, but his gambling habit breaks the old man's heart. Director Bob Giraldi has quite a few surprises on the menu over the course of one bustling evening when a cop and his wife, a pair of arm-twisting mobsters, a snooty restaurant critic, a smooth-talking trivia buff, and other guests show up at Louis's place and make it quite a night to remember. Recommended. (T. Rich)