100 best New York restaurants: Italian food
Gotham-dwellers are mad for Italian food, and some of the best New York restaurants offer world-class pasta, fragrant roasted meats and a show-stopping spreads of salumi, cheese and antipasti. But of all the Italian restaurants in New York (and there are many) only a handful topped our list. Read on for our take on New York's best Italian...
Cara Mia: A Taste Of Old Italy In Your Backyard
by Natalia Kozikowska Queens residents do not need to fly to Europe to enjoy some of the finest authentic Italian cuisine with Cara Mia right in their backward. Today, Cara Mia is a well-known establishment in the Borough, offering locals a massive variety of quality Italian dishes. But much like all great family-run businesses, the restaurant had...
Italian restaurant Patrizia’s opens in Hicksville
An oft-revolving restaurant location on South Broadway is now the first Long Island outpost of Patrizia's, a moderately-priced Italian chain with five branches in New York City and one in Red Bank, New Jersey. Most recently, the cavernous space in the Planet Fitness shopping center was DeBello's Restaurant & Bar, which took over from o...
True Northern Italian Cuisine on NYC’s Upper West Side
By John Mariani It may seem odd to name a restaurant after the controversial Renaissance man Niccolò Machiavelli, whose name, unfairly, has long been associated with power politics. But, then again, he was an extraordinary intellect, philosopher, poet, dramatist, historian and humanist. And it's such a mellifluous name for a trattoria. Perhaps th...
Italy@UN 60th birthday with four top chefs and an Italian Food Festival
by Alessandra Baldini It's of the best kept secrets in New York. Nowhere else in the world you can dine alongside ambassadors, senior officials and other international dignitaries, right in the heart of the city with sweeping panoramic views of the East River, Queensboro Bridge, Roosevelt Island and the Long Island City water front. The De...
La Grata Promises Cooking Like Mom's in South Bronx
Developer Keith Rubenstein's latest project, a new Italian restaurant on Alexander Avenue, is open for business. La Grata opened on the avenue near East 134th Street earlier this month — one of many businesses launched in the South Bronx by the prolific real estate investor, including Filtered Coffee and the combination art gallery-fashion boutiqu...
Daily News gives four stars to Mayor de Blasio’s favorite sandwich shop
Mr. Mayor, you should eat these with a fork. Pisillo's is the Carnegie Deli of panini. Its blimp-sized productions come way too big for human hands - even if you're 6-foot-5. For the rest of us, utensils will ensure you won't miss a morsel of masterpieces like Hizzoner's fave - the Roma ($11.90), a smoky, chewy stack of succulent porc...
Vespa Italian Kitchen & Bar review: Farmingdale restaurant serves regional classics, specialties
If you knew Vespa Italian Kitchen & Bar was owned by the same team behind red-sauce restaurants Spuntino and Filetto's in Suffolk County, you might suppose it's more of the same. But for owner Ben Lo Manto, the new Farmingdale restaurant is the one he always hoped to open. Shortly after 6-year-old Lo Manto arrived in Brooklyn from...
Italy to showcase Abate Fetel pears at New York foodie institution on Nov. 13
The Italian produce industry will soon be promoting a pear that is "virtually unknown" to U.S. consumers in an event at high-end New York retail outlet and cooking school Eataly. A release from the country's Centro Servizi Ortofrutticoli (CSO) said the event will take place on Nov. 13 thanks to the support of interprofess...
Parm Brings Classic Italian Uptown
The team at Parm has a lot more elbow room at its new uptown outpost. The Columbus Avenue spot serves all the classic Italian sandwiches and platters its Mulberry Street location is known for, but has room for 100 guests, more than twice as many as the original. The space not only allows for more diners, but also a bigger menu. “There’s a...
Andella's Restaurant: Brick-oven pizza from Naples with linen-cloth service
After 12-month build-out, Andella's Restaurant finally opened in Woodrow: The first day in business was Mother's Day. And while Staten Islanders are away on vacation, these inaugural weeks of business are described as a "soft opening." "We're planning to have a grand opening in the middle of July," said co-owner Mike Akmad. Andella's...
Osteria Leana review: Skilled chef offers simple Italian fare at new Oyster Bay restaurant
Oyster Bay is having a restaurant boom, between the Sicilian-inspired newcomer Autentico, the newly opened Spinnakers in what used to be Jack Halyards, and a second location for Nikkei of Peru in the works. Compared to Autentico, Osteria Leana is the more casual Italian spot, a 40-seat little hideaway with an entrance facing its South Stre...