your connection to The Boston Globe  Caffe Tosca  15 North St.,
Hingham  Telephone: 781-740-9400  Hours: Monday-Thursday 11:30
a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday- Saturday 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday 10:30
a.m.-10 p.m.  Handicapped accessible  All major credit cards
accepted  Maybe the third time's the charm. Caffe Tosca follows
Fireking Bakery and Casa del Rey at this location near the
Hingham waterfront. Owner Ed Kane, who also operates the nearby
Stars and Tosca, says he decided to close the Mexican restaurant
at the site because "I didn't know anything about Mexican food,
and there was no business in the winter."  A Mexican menu
apparently held limited appeal, but an Italian trattoria seems
to have something for everyone -- the place is crowded even on
weeknights. Caffe Tosca is the casual cousin to Tosca just
across the street, which opened 11 years ago. "We wanted to go
back to our original roots," says Kane, who spent a lot of time
checking out enotecas in New York before opening the cafe.  At
Caffe Tosca, you'll fin