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What is your favorite NYC Italian Restaurant?
Ed -- I agree completely with your assessment of Babbo. It's really one of the best restaurants in the city, never mind just among the Italian spots. Further, each of Batali's other Italian restaurants in the city (haven't yet been to Del Posto though) is excellent in its own way, whether for the packed wine list and cheap eats at Otto or the simple fish treatment at Esca. And each of them is efficiently run with smart service, which also contributes to his success.
My wife and I recently tried to go to Babbo without a reservation, hoping to get a spot at the bar. When we discovered a long wait, we went to Lupa instead and had a great time.
What is your favorite NYC Italian Restaurant?
head to the Bronx Dominick's on Arthur Ave......
enough said ,,,, the absolute best
What is your favorite NYC Italian Restaurant?
I haven't lived here nearly long enough to have a favorite -- although I don't think anything could be better than Esca -- but I had a really great meal at San Ambroeus the other night. Great homemade pasta and an excellent special, baby lamb chops (with radicchio in a demi-glace -- I never got to eat like that in D.C.).
Like a lot of pricey upper east side-type Italian restaurants (though this one has relocated to the West Village), the whole trick in eating affordably and sticking to a reasonable caloric intake is ordering half-portions of pasta or risotto, then splitting an entree with your date or pal. Works every time, and you usually have room for dessert or extra cash for a good bottle of wine.
What is your favorite NYC Italian Restaurant?
Hard to disagree about Babbo as one of the best restaurants in NYC. Have been there twice, met the man once. He was as nice and as gracious as he seems on TV, and, as you say, that warmth translates into the entire dining experience.
I would just say this: Babbo is almost impossible, for any number of reasons, to frequent. It is not what I would call an "everyday", or "neighborhood", kind of place, the kind of place you can manage on, say, a monthly basis. These kind of places deserve a category of their own, places like, say, L&B Spumoni Gardens out in Bensonhurst. While hardly charting in the top 10 for food, the pasta dishes (not to mention the sicilian slice) are rock solid. Plus, the cultural, neighborhood vibe can't be beat.
Have heard great things about Il Mulino. Anyone have any reviews?
What is your favorite NYC Italian Restaurant?
I love Esca's sea urchin and crab pasta, too.
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Ed -- I agree completely with your assessment of Babbo. It's really one of the best restaurants in the city, never mind just among the Italian spots. Further, each of Batali's other Italian restaurants in the city (haven't yet been to Del Posto though) is excellent in its own way, whether for the packed wine list and cheap eats at Otto or the simple fish treatment at Esca. And each of them is efficiently run with smart service, which also contributes to his success.
My wife and I recently tried to go to Babbo without a reservation, hoping to get a spot at the bar. When we discovered a long wait, we went to Lupa instead and had a great time.