September 9, 2025 • 26 mins
New York City has endless cuisine options, but possibly the strongest represented category is Italian restaurants. In this episode, we'll cover the 10 best Italian restaurants in NYC, at least according to us. 😉
You cannot have New York City without Italian culture, food, and its people. Over 2.5 million Italian-Americans live in the greater New York Metro area, making them the single largest demographic group.
Our top 10 Italian restaurants include (not quite in order):
- Giano
- Briciola
- La Pecora Bianca
- Piccola Cucina
- Don Angie
- Lavagna
- Quality Italian
- Giardino 54
- San Marzano
- Pazza Notte
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Giano
In the heart of the East Village, Giano is a cozy Italian spot serving delicious homemade pasta.
Giano is one of our favorite Italian restaurants in NYC! And we don’t say that lightly…
Our favorite dishes are the Tagliatelle alla Bolognese and the Rigatoni con Salsiccia.
Read our full Giano review here.
Briciola
Briciola is an intimate Italian spot with a wide selection of wines and small bites. Certainly worth a try!
The Maccheroni al Tartufo will change your life. We also love the truffle gnocchi.
La Pecora Bianca
The meatball appetizer is one of our faves. All pastas are made in-house.
Check out La Pecora Bianca here.
Piccola Cucina Uptown
Super cozy and authentic spot. Make sure to get a reservation or do an early dinner because the space is small. Don't skip the tiramisu.
Check out Piccola Cucina Uptown here.
You'll Have to Check It Out Segment - Alwyn Court House
The Alwyn Court was built between 1907 and 1909 and was designed by Harde & Short in the French Renaissance style.
The Alwyn Court was made a New York City designated landmark in 1966 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The decorative terracotta details on the facade include quattrocento-style pilasters, baldachin-like canopies, and crowned salamanders representing Francis I, in addition to fleurs-de-lis, cameos, and escutcheons.
See it on your way to or from Central Park! It's located on the corner of 58th Street and 7th Avenue.
Don Angie
Awarded a Michelin star in 2021. Lost it in 2023.
Get the Chrysanthemum Salad and Our Lasagna for Two.
Lavagna
Cozy and cute spot with great options all around. Really cool ceiling and decor.
Quality Italian
The Lobster alla vodka and whipped ricotta are phenomenal, and you must try the homemade sambuca.
Check out Quality Italian here.
Giardino 54
Cozy, bright spot with pastas, salads, and wine on tap
San Marzano
Great on a budget. Well-priced Italian dishes in a no-frills setting. Cheap drinks too! All bottles of wine are under $30, which is unheard of in NYC. Pastas are $14.
Pazza Notte
Pazza Notte is a phenomenal restaurant in the heart of Midtown that's conveniently located near the MoMA. They're famous for their 2-for-1 martini
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Welcome to the Better Together Here podcast with your host,
Devin. And Ashley?
Helping you make the most of your time in New York City.
Hey everyone, and welcome to today's episode of the Better
Together Here podcast. My name is Devin.
And my name is Ashley. Today's episode we are diving
into one of the most famous and delicious culinary options in
New York City, that is Italian food.
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You cannot have New York City without Italians and their food.
So we're going to give you our ten favorite options.
We're going to give you an amazing New York know how that's
going to save you possibly from food poisoning and our you'll
have to check it out segment, which is arguably the most
beautiful building in all of NewYork City.
So let's get right into it. New York City has always been a
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place of immigrants and a variety of cultures coming
together, none more so than Italian culture.
Over 2 and a half million Italian Americans live in the
greater New York metro area right now, which makes them the
single largest demographic groupgoing back in history.
Between 8:00, 1820 and 1978, five point 3,000,000 Italians
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immigrated to the United States,and over 2 million of those were
just between 1900 and 1910. So in the early 20th century
there was this huge influx of Italians.
Many just wanted to make some money and about half returned
back to Italy after making some money, but so, so many stayed.
Well, today Little Italy is in lower Manhattan.
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Initially, E Harlem was kind of the initial landing spot for a
majority of Italian immigrants in the early 1900s.
Over the decades, many have migrated to other parts of New
York City and its surrounding suburbs, including the Bronx,
Queens, pockets of Brooklyn likethere are different little
pockets of Italian culture all throughout New York City and of
course the surrounding suburbs. While Italians are still one of
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the largest demographic in New York City right now, the Little
Italy area in Lower Manhattan has decreased in size as many of
the older generations either pass away or move out of the
city. Despite that, Little Italy in
Lower Manhattan is still a hub for some of the best Italian
cuisine, and it hosts the Feast of San Gennaro every year in
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September, which is an amazing experience.
It's basically all of Little Italy shuts down and the street
just becomes this street festival.
There's people selling cannolis and pastas and name an Italian
dish and they're slinging it outon the streets.
Basically, if you're going to goto the San Gennaro festival, try
not to go on the weekend. It is chaos.
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Realistically, your best bet is to go on a weekday earlier in
the night before people get off work and start showing up
because it can be very, very crowded and chaotic.
But we're going to come back to Little Italy later on in the
episode. Right now, we want to dive into
our personal pen favorite options for Italian food in New
York City. If you guys have listened to our
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Top Bagel spot episode, my advice is going to be similar to
that, which is do not have bad Italian food while you're in New
York City. If you're not going to go to one
of our top ten places, that's totally OK.
Find your new favorite spot, butmake sure that you're looking up
the reviews on Google Maps and that you are finding good
Italian food in New York City. In no particular order, but
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starting with #1 and our best and our favorite is Giano.
We have talked about Giano before, so sorry for our
listeners that have heard us gush about this place, but
honestly, we're going to keep gushing about it because we love
it. Giano is our favorite Italian
spot in the entire city. The staff is amazing.
Every single dish we've had is absolutely incredible.
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Cozy, not pretentious, not superexpensive spot, really, really
high quality pasta, really high quality ingredients, great vibes
every time. And to emphasize, a lot of
Italian restaurants can be a little, I don't know if
pretentious is the right word, but they can be like trying too
hard to be fancy and make you feel like you're in Sicily or
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something like that. But Giano really finds the
perfect blend, where the food isamazing, the pasta is homemade,
but the staff is casual, they'rewearing T-shirts and jeans, and
they're cracking jokes and you just feel welcome.
And every single dish is amazing.
Never had a bad experience at Giano.
When you walk in, you're probably going to be greeted by
one of my favorite people, Roberta.
She is always checking people in.
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She's usually working at the bar, pouring people glasses of
wine, making an upper, all spritz.
And your waiters. I believe that Roberta and Paolo
the waiter are married. I'm pretty sure I asked this one
time. But it's literally always those
two people there. And then sometimes you get
Mateo, one of our other favoritewaiters, just super nice,
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friendly people. And I think it really says
something that we've been going there to that restaurant for
four years and pretty much everytime we go, it's the exact same
people. And pretty much anyone who
visits us in New York, New York,we take to Giano.
So you should do the same. Do not miss Giano.
OK? Next on our list is Bricola,
Bricola, Bricola, Bricola. We don't speak Italian so we
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might be saying these wrong. I think it's Bricola.
I read it as like Bricola like Bricola, but it's probably not
that at all. Bricola, which we have also
talked about in our Hell's Kitchen neighborhood guide.
We will link to that in the description.
We first went here on accident. We thought we were walking into
B side Pizza and lo and behold, we were in Bicola.
So we decided to eat there and it was a delicious mistake.
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It's an intimate Italian spot, wide selection of wines and
small bites. It very much is cozy.
It's a funky layout too, becauseyou walk in and it's kind of
just this little bar seating area and it almost feels like
you're in a bar and not a restaurant.
But then there's this dividing wall and on the other side
there's actual seating. So it's kind of just a funky
layout that can be deceiving at first.
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It's a very small restaurant. If I remember correctly, the
only options for tables are the seating.
It's just kind of 1 long table. So it is kind of communal
seating, which I think is kind of fun when you're like sitting
next to people that you like, don't necessarily know.
You don't have to interact with them if you don't want to.
But I do think the communal seating can be fun.
It's a great option and we've had good dishes there.
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The truffle gnocchi was amazing.Macaroni El tartufo was really
good. We've also had their barata
which was really good. Nice decor, friendly staff.
Great. Great option in the heart of
Hells Kitchen. One thing I like about Brishola
is it's just a very small, cozy environment.
The staff is always very nice and it just is very like kids
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call it like vibey wine bottles all around you on like these
shelves on the walls. And it's just like a very cozy,
like, romantic intimate spot. Can't go wrong with Preach a
lot. OK, next on our list is La
Pocora Bianca. There are 6 locations in New
York City. Any restaurant in New York City
that is not a chain from outsideof New York but has 6 locations
in the city, you know that it's good because they have proven
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the concept. They have proven that they know
their systems, they know their foods, they know how to give
people a good experience in Lapacore.
Bianca is definitely that. You cannot have 6 restaurants
from the same parent company in New York that don't know what
they're doing, otherwise they will not survive and this place
has figured it out. We love their meatball
appetizer. When we went there, all of their
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pastas are made in house. We went to the one in Noho which
is kind of near the Flatiron building and I really loved the
space. It was really really tall
ceilings, there's a lot of whiteon like the bar and it kind of
was bright but not overwhelming at the same time.
Hard to explain but they also usually have outdoor seating.
Foods. Delicious.
Really, really great option. All of their pastas that we've
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had are really good and also their burrata appetizer is
amazing. I mean probably the theme of
this episode is burrata. Like just get burrata in most
places. Yeah, if you haven't had burrata
before, get burrata. Pretty sure all of these places
should have brought on the menu we're.
Going to take a quick break to mention our free transportation
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up. All right, next on the list, and
one of our favourites on this list as well is Piccola Cocina
Uptown. This is right near Central Park,
so it's a great spot if you wanted to go explore Central
Park or you're shopping on 5th Ave.
What I loved about Piccola Cocina the first time we went
there is that #1 the accent of the Hostess was like so thick
Italian that I struggled a little bit to understand her
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like, which is only a fault of my own, but like.
That's how you know it's good, though.
Yeah, it it very, very. If the people working there have
such a strong accent, you're like a little in, you're saying
you know you're going to get great Italian food to.
Me out of olive on the list likeI feel like this one felt the
most like Italy like we went to Italy within the last six months
and the Piccola cocina Uptown vibe is just very close to what
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it feels like to be in Italy like everything is kind of
compact. It's dark and like just the
decor kind of goes in line appetizers.
The food if a great catcher withPepe where they bring it out in
the cheese wheel. Yeah, they take like.
The hot noodles and they like literally put it inside of this
giant wheel of cheese and then they're basically making it in
front of you and it's. So good.
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Similarly, their best dish for sure is the tiramisu.
They bring this little cart out,not even little.
It's like a good sized cart, like barely squeezes in between
some of the spaces. And they set it up next to you
and you watch them build this tiramisu basically from scratch
right in front of you. And it is delicious.
Like, I'm not a huge tiramisu fan.
Ashley loves tiramisu. She wants it everywhere we go.
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Even if they don't even have it on the menu, she requests it.
But like, this is worth going to.
This restaurant is worth going to strictly for the tiramisu.
Absolutely. Like if you're going to go get
dinner somewhere else, I mean, Ithink you should get dinner
here, but even if you want to come for like coffee and dessert
at Piccola Cucina, I would recommend that.
Don't skip the tiramisu. It's so good and just fun to
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have them like wheel a little card over and make it in front
of you. I feel like that's a very
unique, fun thing. And there's.
Something about them making it in front of you, that is just
enjoyable. We're visual creatures as
humans, we like to see beautifulthings.
Which leads us to this episode. You'll have to check it out
segment. The next stop is Alwyn Court.
Alwyn Court is a building on 58th St. and 7th Ave. that is,
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in my opinion, like I've seen a lot of buildings in New York and
there's a wide variety of buildings, but Alwyn Court is
probably the most ornate and just the most detailed and it's
kind of awe inspiring, which I wouldn't say that about many
buildings that I've seen in my life.
It's. On your way to Central Park,
like if you're walking from likeTimes Square area in Midtown to
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Central Park, you're going to run into it.
And we're just talking about theoutside of the building.
It's one of the most beautifullydesigned decorated buildings
I've ever seen. I haven't even been on the
inside. That's probably going to be on
my bucket list to make my way inthere at some point because I
bet the inside is insane. It is.
It it's like also very very ornate and well decorated and
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the architecture inside is supposedly amazing.
It's a. Residential building, right?
Correct. Yep.
Even just walking from the outside and seeing it on the
street, it's kind of fun to watch people as they're making
their way to Central Park and then they'll just stop in the
middle of the sidewalk. But I will allow it for this
reason because they are just looking up at this building and
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like, pulling out their phone and taking a photo and just
shocked at how gorgeous it is. Yeah.
It's essentially the exterior isthese decorative terracotta
details. There's salamanders.
There's little like, little like.
Cupid chubby babies, Yeah. And there's a dragon.
There's. Like, it is absolutely wild.
And then like Florida Lee's cameos, like all these things
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that I don't even really know what they are, but, and I don't
know architecture like by any means.
But when you stop and look at it, it is it gives you like an
appreciation for, I think #1 howmuch we used to care about what
buildings look like and how now everything just is kind of bland
in most instances. But all that aside, it's worth
checking out. It was originally built between
19 O 7 and 19 O 9. Also, I love that that it's an
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older building. It was actually designated a New
York City landmark in 1966 and added to the National Register
of Historic Places in 1979. So we're not just saying this
like it is a beautiful, historical, famous building.
It's actually had some notable residents, including Liam
Neeson, the actor, Jessica Heck,the actress, and even Frederick
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Steinway. Yes, from the president, the
then president of Steinway and Sons, the piano company.
So a lot of history, beautiful building and you can just see it
on your way to or from Central Park.
So that's this episode. You'll have to check it out.
Alwyn Court. And now back to Italian food,
Dan. Clear of the closing doors,
please. Next on our list is Don Angie,
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which if you go online, especially certain social media
platforms, you'll see like somewhat mixed reviews for Don
Angie. I think the people who don't
like Don Angie, number one, are just trying to be controversial
and #2 like maybe are jaded because it took them so long to
get a reservation because it is hard to get in.
It is like you need to get a reservation long in advance or
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plan on waiting for quite a while.
Part of that is because it was awarded A Michelin star in 2021.
It lost it in 2023. But I don't know.
I don't even know how. That works frankly, like how one
gets a star and then loses it. I feel like seems complicated.
Seems. Complicated.
We're not big like Michelin starrestaurant people to be honest,
but this is one of the few that we have been to and it was
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fantastic when we went some of. Their best dishes that we had,
they have the chrysanthemum salad, which I'm not a big salad
person, but let me tell you, that was unbelievable flavor.
Like it. It's like fluffy but dense and
every bite was flavorful. It was amazing.
It comes. With a ridiculous amount of like
very thinly shredded Parmesan cheese on top.
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But the salad itself is pretty big.
Like the lettuce was very fresh.Super, super delicious salad.
One of our other favorite dishesis the lasagna for two dish.
It basically is like a lasagna, but it's made into like a little
wheel and it's on like a huge plate.
You can definitely share it withtwo or more people.
Really, really delicious lasagna.
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Probably the best ever had. And we had some of their
cocktails which were also delicious.
Don Angie worth checking out? I think it lives up to the hype.
Just know you're either going tohave to wait for a while or look
for a reservation in advance I think.
If you go to the website they give you directions on when the
reservations open. I don't remember if it's like 2
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weeks or a month in advance. If you're good at securing
reservations ahead of time, you could try your hand at that.
When we went, I believe we like went and checked in with the
Hostess at like 4:45 or 5:00 andjust got lucky and got in
because we went on a weekday. Well, we.
Had we still had to wait like 3045 minutes, we just popped
over to another place and had a drink and then came back.
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But yeah, we were lucky to get it.
I think if you have two people or one even like one or two
people, it's a lot higher likelihood.
Like I would not go here unless I had a reservation with more
than two people. Agreed.
So come here if you have a reservation or if you are down
to just put your name down and then walk around for a bit.
But I will probably. Sit at the bar, yeah.
And if you don't have a reservation, I would not attempt
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to get in here on a weekend at all.
I would only try to do this on aweekday.
Agreed. OK, next on our list is Lavagna.
Lavagna was recommended to us bysome of our long time New York
friends. Long time, meaning they have
lived here for a very, very longtime and they know their way
around food in New York City wasgreat.
I liked it because it kind of had an old school vibe in a way.
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Like you could tell that in like2004 it was probably just this
new hustling, bustling, like topof the line place and like maybe
it hasn't been updated a ton since then, but like, the
staff's great. The food's amazing, really cool
decor, like we've always had a great experience there.
Very. Authentic Italian cuisine, great
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wine selection, great cocktails.I really like the decor,
specifically the ceiling is verybeautiful.
If you go in there, just look up, trust me.
But I highly recommend Lavagnet.It's a very fun, very solid spot
if you're in the Lower East Sidearea of Manhattan.
Next on. Our list is back up to the
Midtown area and that is qualityItalian.
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We have mentioned this in our Ode to Midtown episode.
This spot is unique for one reason that I really like it is
that you walk in and it looks like this tiny restaurant, but
then there's this whole entire mass of upstairs, which is where
you'll probably end up being SATand it is amazing.
We got a lobster olive vodka that probably the best like
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olive vodka pasta I've ever had or like definitely a near the
top of the list they. Also, like set it on fire next
to the table as like a presentation thing.
Like they pour like vodka on topof your pasta and then light it
on fire and it had an entire lobster.
Yeah, they. Didn't skimp on the lobster
meat, which a lot of places it was not.
Like little tiny chunks. It was like actual huge chunks
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of fresh lobster meat. A lot of great ingredients for
what you're paying for quality Italian, you're going to have a
great experience. The food is going to be
phenomenal. This is one of the more
expensive options on our list. This is a fancier restaurant.
There are tablecloths. There are very expensive
options. They're also slightly more
affordable options, but this is going to be a more expensive
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option than some of the other things that we've mentioned to
you guys and. If you like sambuca or other DJ
stiff type after dinner drinks, they have a homemade sambuca,
which I think it's probably the best sambuca I've ever had in my
life. We've tried a handful,
especially when we were in Italy, their homemade sambuca,
it just hit different. It was absolutely amazing.
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So make sure you try the homemade sambuca if you go to
quality Italian another. Thing we really liked at Quality
Italian was their whipped ricotta.
Yeah, appetizer. That was truly, truly delicious.
All right. Next on our list is Giardino 54.
This is next door to one of our all time favorite bars, which is
Valhalla, which we have mentioned many times.
Giardino 54 really, really cool interior.
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It's got like this kind of skylight thing up above.
It's kind of this almost indoor outdoor feel.
I think they have a back patio area too that when the weather
is nice, like you can sit out there, cozy spot, good pastas,
good salads. They have wine on tap.
Like it just was. It just kind of checked all the
boxes of what you would want from like a solid Italian
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restaurant. It was.
Like a very cute spot and would be a great option for you if you
are going to a Broadway show because I would say it's maybe
like 10 or 15 minutes walking distance to most of the Broadway
theaters and. That leads us to this episodes
in New York know how, right Thisone, as have many of our New
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York know how segments comes from Nathan W Piles NYC basic
tips and etiquette book. We will link it in the show
notes. It is a phenomenal book, great
coffee table book. If you'd like New York, if you
want to travel to New York, you should buy it.
But this is tip #133 and also all of the tips in here, they're
basically like kind of cartoons,really nice stylized drawings
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and little kind of catchy phrases.
So it's the outside of a restaurant and it says soup,
chicken in sushi, pizza, burgers, pho, Donuts, 24 hours.
And the caption, oh, and there is one lady vomiting in a
garbage can. And the caption is remember, we
all fail when we try to do too many things at once.
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Not only is that good life advice for many reasons, but
when it comes to eating in New York City, prioritize places
that have their flag planted in the ground on this is what we
are, this is what we do versus aplace that's trying to do
everything because it's just so risky.
And like, they might do some things that are OK, but like,
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it's just risky. You're probably gonna get bad
food. Yeah, you don't wanna get
Chinese food in a pizza spot. Yeah.
Which does exist. You also don't want to get pizza
in a bodega, right? Like you're not going to get
good pizza there, right? But.
There's also these restaurants that you go by and yet it
literally has like 4 different things on like what it is and
I'm like Oh no I can't imagine any of those things are very
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good. I also see a lot of like Asian
food restaurant menus when I'm walking by that will have like
types of Asian food from a lot of different Asian inspired
cuisines and that always gives me cause for paws because I
don't want to be getting pad Thai at a sushi restaurant.
Agreed. Like you should go to a sushi
restaurant to get sushi. You should go to a Thai
restaurant to get pad Thai. It might be fine, but it's not
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going to be great. And there's so many great
restaurants in New York City that you don't want to waste
your time and money eating food that's not great.
And in most places where you are, if you're looking up at the
facade of this restaurant and itsays sushi, pad Thai and pizza,
you should just step back. Go in A2 block radius and you'll
find a phenomenal sushi spot, a phenomenal Thai spot and a
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phenomenal pizza spot on their own.
So don't go to places that mix them all together.
So that's this episode's New York know how do one thing well.
OK, back to the last couple on our top Italian spots.
OK, this one that we're including, I wouldn't say it's
like the best Italian food you're ever going to have, but
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we're including it because it's a great budget option that is
still really delicious. And that is San Marzano well
priced, no frills. It's right near NYU.
So it's a lot of like a younger crowd and especially because
it's cheaper prices, it attractsthat crowd, but like it's still
really good food. Honestly, I feel like this place
would be like one of the better Italian spots on our list if
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this wasn't in New York City. Like I feel like outside of New
York City, this place would be like the Italian spot to go in
your local area. I really like this place because
it's fantastic. If you're on a budget, visiting
New York City can be a very expensive thing, and sometimes
you want to go and have great food that's not going to cost
you like 25 to 40, $30 a plate. The pastas at San Marzano are
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$14.00, and if you want to add meat, it's like $3 more.
The drinks are very affordable. You can get draft beer for $6,
and all of their bottles of wineare under $30, which is frankly
unheard of in New York City. I can't remember the last time
that we went to an Italian restaurant and got a bottle of
wine for even under $50.00. So the fact that all of their
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bottles of wine are under $30, definitely a lot of really great
value San. Marzano definitely worth trying
out it's a good option too for like lunch or if you're like
kind of in between meals, but I want a quick bite.
So check out San Marzano. OK, one of the last on our list,
but make sure you stick around because we're going to talk a
little bit about Little Italy more in depth.
But last on our top 10 is Patzenote.
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So Patzenote also in midtown, very close to Central Park, a
good pre Broadway show spot as well.
I love Patzenote because when you walk in it definitely it
just it feels fun, like everyoneseems to be in a good mood and
there's usually like really goodmusic playing and the decor on
the wall is like a little funky.It's a lot of old actors and
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actresses and it's just kind of a fun spot.
Their food is great, the salads are massive.
They are most famous for their two for one martinis.
I think it's like 16 or $17.00, but you do get 2 good full size
martinis. The kind of catch on that is
that you have to get 2 of the same.
So if you're with one other person, as long as you can agree
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on the martini style or type that you want, it's a great,
great deal. My personal.
Favorite of the martini options?They have a leche martini, which
is really, really good. I also think there's like a
strawberry basil or like a strawberry mint that's also very
good. Pazzo Notte I feel like is our
go to spot if we're going with amedium sized group and we're
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planning on getting a couple things and sharing.
Everything we've had at Pazzo Notte is really good.
They've really, really good pasta, really good pizza, really
good salad, consistently yummy drinks, good dessert.
And they do have some like bigger size tables that can also
be like put together. If you're going with a group of
like 6 or 8 people, this would be a good spot to go versus a
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place like Bricola. If you're going with a large
group, you're not really gonna be able to all sit.
I agree. We went here with my grandma,
uncle and aunt who were in town,who I'll just say like they're
not like the most adventurous eaters.
And we found options that workedfor everyone.
And I think that's like a great thing about Paz Enote, like good
salads, good pastas, good good pizzas, good entrees, like just
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good options all around a good variety for people.
We've also. Taken my nieces here so they're
very kid friendly and have like options that kids are going to
want if they want something morebasic Paz enote.
Great option in Midtown. OK, that's our 10 top Italian
restaurants. But I do want to mention Little
Italy. None of these that we talked
about are actually in Little Italy, which seems like a little
bit of a crime, but we wanted togive our personal top ten.
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Certainly there are probably better Italian restaurants in
New York City. If you know of them, send us an
e-mail. We'd love to hear and go try
them out. I just want to give like 5
highly rated restaurants in Little Italy because if you like
are Italian or you want to like really experience the Italian
culture, like going to Little Italy downtown is a great, great
option. Five that came up on my research
that are just really highly reviewed.
I'm talking like 4 1/2 stars with multiple thousands of
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reviews. Ostoria Barocca, Casa D'Angelo,
Zia Maria Gelso and Grand and LaAmore restaurant.
There are so, so many more, but those are some top ones that we
wanted to include in Little Italy specifically.
We hope you go check out at least one of these Italian
restaurants while you're here inNew York City.
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Welcome to the Better Together Here podcast with your host,
Devin. And Ashley?
Helping you make the most of your time in New York City.
Hey everyone, and welcome to today's episode of the Better
Together Here podcast. My name is Devin.
And my name is Ashley. Today's episode we are diving
into one of the most famous and delicious culinary options in
New York City, that is Italian food.
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You cannot have New York City without Italians and their food.
So we're going to give you our ten favorite options.
We're going to give you an amazing New York know how that's
going to save you possibly from food poisoning and our you'll
have to check it out segment, which is arguably the most
beautiful building in all of NewYork City.
So let's get right into it. New York City has always been a
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place of immigrants and a variety of cultures coming
together, none more so than Italian culture.
Over 2 and a half million Italian Americans live in the
greater New York metro area right now, which makes them the
single largest demographic groupgoing back in history.
Between 8:00, 1820 and 1978, five point 3,000,000 Italians
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immigrated to the United States,and over 2 million of those were
just between 1900 and 1910. So in the early 20th century
there was this huge influx of Italians.
Many just wanted to make some money and about half returned
back to Italy after making some money, but so, so many stayed.
Well, today Little Italy is in lower Manhattan.
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Initially, E Harlem was kind of the initial landing spot for a
majority of Italian immigrants in the early 1900s.
Over the decades, many have migrated to other parts of New
York City and its surrounding suburbs, including the Bronx,
Queens, pockets of Brooklyn likethere are different little
pockets of Italian culture all throughout New York City and of
course the surrounding suburbs. While Italians are still one of
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the largest demographic in New York City right now, the Little
Italy area in Lower Manhattan has decreased in size as many of
the older generations either pass away or move out of the
city. Despite that, Little Italy in
Lower Manhattan is still a hub for some of the best Italian
cuisine, and it hosts the Feast of San Gennaro every year in
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September, which is an amazing experience.
It's basically all of Little Italy shuts down and the street
just becomes this street festival.
There's people selling cannolis and pastas and name an Italian
dish and they're slinging it outon the streets.
Basically, if you're going to goto the San Gennaro festival, try
not to go on the weekend. It is chaos.
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Realistically, your best bet is to go on a weekday earlier in
the night before people get off work and start showing up
because it can be very, very crowded and chaotic.
But we're going to come back to Little Italy later on in the
episode. Right now, we want to dive into
our personal pen favorite options for Italian food in New
York City. If you guys have listened to our
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Top Bagel spot episode, my advice is going to be similar to
that, which is do not have bad Italian food while you're in New
York City. If you're not going to go to one
of our top ten places, that's totally OK.
Find your new favorite spot, butmake sure that you're looking up
the reviews on Google Maps and that you are finding good
Italian food in New York City. In no particular order, but
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starting with #1 and our best and our favorite is Giano.
We have talked about Giano before, so sorry for our
listeners that have heard us gush about this place, but
honestly, we're going to keep gushing about it because we love
it. Giano is our favorite Italian
spot in the entire city. The staff is amazing.
Every single dish we've had is absolutely incredible.
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Cozy, not pretentious, not superexpensive spot, really, really
high quality pasta, really high quality ingredients, great vibes
every time. And to emphasize, a lot of
Italian restaurants can be a little, I don't know if
pretentious is the right word, but they can be like trying too
hard to be fancy and make you feel like you're in Sicily or
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something like that. But Giano really finds the
perfect blend, where the food isamazing, the pasta is homemade,
but the staff is casual, they'rewearing T-shirts and jeans, and
they're cracking jokes and you just feel welcome.
And every single dish is amazing.
Never had a bad experience at Giano.
When you walk in, you're probably going to be greeted by
one of my favorite people, Roberta.
She is always checking people in.
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She's usually working at the bar, pouring people glasses of
wine, making an upper, all spritz.
And your waiters. I believe that Roberta and Paolo
the waiter are married. I'm pretty sure I asked this one
time. But it's literally always those
two people there. And then sometimes you get
Mateo, one of our other favoritewaiters, just super nice,
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friendly people. And I think it really says
something that we've been going there to that restaurant for
four years and pretty much everytime we go, it's the exact same
people. And pretty much anyone who
visits us in New York, New York,we take to Giano.
So you should do the same. Do not miss Giano.
OK? Next on our list is Bricola,
Bricola, Bricola, Bricola. We don't speak Italian so we
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might be saying these wrong. I think it's Bricola.
I read it as like Bricola like Bricola, but it's probably not
that at all. Bricola, which we have also
talked about in our Hell's Kitchen neighborhood guide.
We will link to that in the description.
We first went here on accident. We thought we were walking into
B side Pizza and lo and behold, we were in Bicola.
So we decided to eat there and it was a delicious mistake.
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It's an intimate Italian spot, wide selection of wines and
small bites. It very much is cozy.
It's a funky layout too, becauseyou walk in and it's kind of
just this little bar seating area and it almost feels like
you're in a bar and not a restaurant.
But then there's this dividing wall and on the other side
there's actual seating. So it's kind of just a funky
layout that can be deceiving at first.
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It's a very small restaurant. If I remember correctly, the
only options for tables are the seating.
It's just kind of 1 long table. So it is kind of communal
seating, which I think is kind of fun when you're like sitting
next to people that you like, don't necessarily know.
You don't have to interact with them if you don't want to.
But I do think the communal seating can be fun.
It's a great option and we've had good dishes there.
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The truffle gnocchi was amazing.Macaroni El tartufo was really
good. We've also had their barata
which was really good. Nice decor, friendly staff.
Great. Great option in the heart of
Hells Kitchen. One thing I like about Brishola
is it's just a very small, cozy environment.
The staff is always very nice and it just is very like kids
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call it like vibey wine bottles all around you on like these
shelves on the walls. And it's just like a very cozy,
like, romantic intimate spot. Can't go wrong with Preach a
lot. OK, next on our list is La
Pocora Bianca. There are 6 locations in New
York City. Any restaurant in New York City
that is not a chain from outsideof New York but has 6 locations
in the city, you know that it's good because they have proven
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the concept. They have proven that they know
their systems, they know their foods, they know how to give
people a good experience in Lapacore.
Bianca is definitely that. You cannot have 6 restaurants
from the same parent company in New York that don't know what
they're doing, otherwise they will not survive and this place
has figured it out. We love their meatball
appetizer. When we went there, all of their
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pastas are made in house. We went to the one in Noho which
is kind of near the Flatiron building and I really loved the
space. It was really really tall
ceilings, there's a lot of whiteon like the bar and it kind of
was bright but not overwhelming at the same time.
Hard to explain but they also usually have outdoor seating.
Foods. Delicious.
Really, really great option. All of their pastas that we've
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had are really good and also their burrata appetizer is
amazing. I mean probably the theme of
this episode is burrata. Like just get burrata in most
places. Yeah, if you haven't had burrata
before, get burrata. Pretty sure all of these places
should have brought on the menu we're.
Going to take a quick break to mention our free transportation
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up. All right, next on the list, and
one of our favourites on this list as well is Piccola Cocina
Uptown. This is right near Central Park,
so it's a great spot if you wanted to go explore Central
Park or you're shopping on 5th Ave.
What I loved about Piccola Cocina the first time we went
there is that #1 the accent of the Hostess was like so thick
Italian that I struggled a little bit to understand her
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like, which is only a fault of my own, but like.
That's how you know it's good, though.
Yeah, it it very, very. If the people working there have
such a strong accent, you're like a little in, you're saying
you know you're going to get great Italian food to.
Me out of olive on the list likeI feel like this one felt the
most like Italy like we went to Italy within the last six months
and the Piccola cocina Uptown vibe is just very close to what
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it feels like to be in Italy like everything is kind of
compact. It's dark and like just the
decor kind of goes in line appetizers.
The food if a great catcher withPepe where they bring it out in
the cheese wheel. Yeah, they take like.
The hot noodles and they like literally put it inside of this
giant wheel of cheese and then they're basically making it in
front of you and it's. So good.
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Similarly, their best dish for sure is the tiramisu.
They bring this little cart out,not even little.
It's like a good sized cart, like barely squeezes in between
some of the spaces. And they set it up next to you
and you watch them build this tiramisu basically from scratch
right in front of you. And it is delicious.
Like, I'm not a huge tiramisu fan.
Ashley loves tiramisu. She wants it everywhere we go.
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Even if they don't even have it on the menu, she requests it.
But like, this is worth going to.
This restaurant is worth going to strictly for the tiramisu.
Absolutely. Like if you're going to go get
dinner somewhere else, I mean, Ithink you should get dinner
here, but even if you want to come for like coffee and dessert
at Piccola Cucina, I would recommend that.
Don't skip the tiramisu. It's so good and just fun to
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have them like wheel a little card over and make it in front
of you. I feel like that's a very
unique, fun thing. And there's.
Something about them making it in front of you, that is just
enjoyable. We're visual creatures as
humans, we like to see beautifulthings.
Which leads us to this episode. You'll have to check it out
segment. The next stop is Alwyn Court.
Alwyn Court is a building on 58th St. and 7th Ave. that is,
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in my opinion, like I've seen a lot of buildings in New York and
there's a wide variety of buildings, but Alwyn Court is
probably the most ornate and just the most detailed and it's
kind of awe inspiring, which I wouldn't say that about many
buildings that I've seen in my life.
It's. On your way to Central Park,
like if you're walking from likeTimes Square area in Midtown to
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Central Park, you're going to run into it.
And we're just talking about theoutside of the building.
It's one of the most beautifullydesigned decorated buildings
I've ever seen. I haven't even been on the
inside. That's probably going to be on
my bucket list to make my way inthere at some point because I
bet the inside is insane. It is.
It it's like also very very ornate and well decorated and
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the architecture inside is supposedly amazing.
It's a. Residential building, right?
Correct. Yep.
Even just walking from the outside and seeing it on the
street, it's kind of fun to watch people as they're making
their way to Central Park and then they'll just stop in the
middle of the sidewalk. But I will allow it for this
reason because they are just looking up at this building and
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like, pulling out their phone and taking a photo and just
shocked at how gorgeous it is. Yeah.
It's essentially the exterior isthese decorative terracotta
details. There's salamanders.
There's little like, little like.
Cupid chubby babies, Yeah. And there's a dragon.
There's. Like, it is absolutely wild.
And then like Florida Lee's cameos, like all these things
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that I don't even really know what they are, but, and I don't
know architecture like by any means.
But when you stop and look at it, it is it gives you like an
appreciation for, I think #1 howmuch we used to care about what
buildings look like and how now everything just is kind of bland
in most instances. But all that aside, it's worth
checking out. It was originally built between
19 O 7 and 19 O 9. Also, I love that that it's an
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older building. It was actually designated a New
York City landmark in 1966 and added to the National Register
of Historic Places in 1979. So we're not just saying this
like it is a beautiful, historical, famous building.
It's actually had some notable residents, including Liam
Neeson, the actor, Jessica Heck,the actress, and even Frederick
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Steinway. Yes, from the president, the
then president of Steinway and Sons, the piano company.
So a lot of history, beautiful building and you can just see it
on your way to or from Central Park.
So that's this episode. You'll have to check it out.
Alwyn Court. And now back to Italian food,
Dan. Clear of the closing doors,
please. Next on our list is Don Angie,
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which if you go online, especially certain social media
platforms, you'll see like somewhat mixed reviews for Don
Angie. I think the people who don't
like Don Angie, number one, are just trying to be controversial
and #2 like maybe are jaded because it took them so long to
get a reservation because it is hard to get in.
It is like you need to get a reservation long in advance or
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plan on waiting for quite a while.
Part of that is because it was awarded A Michelin star in 2021.
It lost it in 2023. But I don't know.
I don't even know how. That works frankly, like how one
gets a star and then loses it. I feel like seems complicated.
Seems. Complicated.
We're not big like Michelin starrestaurant people to be honest,
but this is one of the few that we have been to and it was
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fantastic when we went some of. Their best dishes that we had,
they have the chrysanthemum salad, which I'm not a big salad
person, but let me tell you, that was unbelievable flavor.
Like it. It's like fluffy but dense and
every bite was flavorful. It was amazing.
It comes. With a ridiculous amount of like
very thinly shredded Parmesan cheese on top.
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But the salad itself is pretty big.
Like the lettuce was very fresh.Super, super delicious salad.
One of our other favorite dishesis the lasagna for two dish.
It basically is like a lasagna, but it's made into like a little
wheel and it's on like a huge plate.
You can definitely share it withtwo or more people.
Really, really delicious lasagna.
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Probably the best ever had. And we had some of their
cocktails which were also delicious.
Don Angie worth checking out? I think it lives up to the hype.
Just know you're either going tohave to wait for a while or look
for a reservation in advance I think.
If you go to the website they give you directions on when the
reservations open. I don't remember if it's like 2
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weeks or a month in advance. If you're good at securing
reservations ahead of time, you could try your hand at that.
When we went, I believe we like went and checked in with the
Hostess at like 4:45 or 5:00 andjust got lucky and got in
because we went on a weekday. Well, we.
Had we still had to wait like 3045 minutes, we just popped
over to another place and had a drink and then came back.
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But yeah, we were lucky to get it.
I think if you have two people or one even like one or two
people, it's a lot higher likelihood.
Like I would not go here unless I had a reservation with more
than two people. Agreed.
So come here if you have a reservation or if you are down
to just put your name down and then walk around for a bit.
But I will probably. Sit at the bar, yeah.
And if you don't have a reservation, I would not attempt
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to get in here on a weekend at all.
I would only try to do this on aweekday.
Agreed. OK, next on our list is Lavagna.
Lavagna was recommended to us bysome of our long time New York
friends. Long time, meaning they have
lived here for a very, very longtime and they know their way
around food in New York City wasgreat.
I liked it because it kind of had an old school vibe in a way.
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Like you could tell that in like2004 it was probably just this
new hustling, bustling, like topof the line place and like maybe
it hasn't been updated a ton since then, but like, the
staff's great. The food's amazing, really cool
decor, like we've always had a great experience there.
Very. Authentic Italian cuisine, great
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wine selection, great cocktails.I really like the decor,
specifically the ceiling is verybeautiful.
If you go in there, just look up, trust me.
But I highly recommend Lavagnet.It's a very fun, very solid spot
if you're in the Lower East Sidearea of Manhattan.
Next on. Our list is back up to the
Midtown area and that is qualityItalian.
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We have mentioned this in our Ode to Midtown episode.
This spot is unique for one reason that I really like it is
that you walk in and it looks like this tiny restaurant, but
then there's this whole entire mass of upstairs, which is where
you'll probably end up being SATand it is amazing.
We got a lobster olive vodka that probably the best like
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olive vodka pasta I've ever had or like definitely a near the
top of the list they. Also, like set it on fire next
to the table as like a presentation thing.
Like they pour like vodka on topof your pasta and then light it
on fire and it had an entire lobster.
Yeah, they. Didn't skimp on the lobster
meat, which a lot of places it was not.
Like little tiny chunks. It was like actual huge chunks
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of fresh lobster meat. A lot of great ingredients for
what you're paying for quality Italian, you're going to have a
great experience. The food is going to be
phenomenal. This is one of the more
expensive options on our list. This is a fancier restaurant.
There are tablecloths. There are very expensive
options. They're also slightly more
affordable options, but this is going to be a more expensive
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option than some of the other things that we've mentioned to
you guys and. If you like sambuca or other DJ
stiff type after dinner drinks, they have a homemade sambuca,
which I think it's probably the best sambuca I've ever had in my
life. We've tried a handful,
especially when we were in Italy, their homemade sambuca,
it just hit different. It was absolutely amazing.
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So make sure you try the homemade sambuca if you go to
quality Italian another. Thing we really liked at Quality
Italian was their whipped ricotta.
Yeah, appetizer. That was truly, truly delicious.
All right. Next on our list is Giardino 54.
This is next door to one of our all time favorite bars, which is
Valhalla, which we have mentioned many times.
Giardino 54 really, really cool interior.
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It's got like this kind of skylight thing up above.
It's kind of this almost indoor outdoor feel.
I think they have a back patio area too that when the weather
is nice, like you can sit out there, cozy spot, good pastas,
good salads. They have wine on tap.
Like it just was. It just kind of checked all the
boxes of what you would want from like a solid Italian
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restaurant. It was.
Like a very cute spot and would be a great option for you if you
are going to a Broadway show because I would say it's maybe
like 10 or 15 minutes walking distance to most of the Broadway
theaters and. That leads us to this episodes
in New York know how, right Thisone, as have many of our New
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York know how segments comes from Nathan W Piles NYC basic
tips and etiquette book. We will link it in the show
notes. It is a phenomenal book, great
coffee table book. If you'd like New York, if you
want to travel to New York, you should buy it.
But this is tip #133 and also all of the tips in here, they're
basically like kind of cartoons,really nice stylized drawings
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and little kind of catchy phrases.
So it's the outside of a restaurant and it says soup,
chicken in sushi, pizza, burgers, pho, Donuts, 24 hours.
And the caption, oh, and there is one lady vomiting in a
garbage can. And the caption is remember, we
all fail when we try to do too many things at once.
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Not only is that good life advice for many reasons, but
when it comes to eating in New York City, prioritize places
that have their flag planted in the ground on this is what we
are, this is what we do versus aplace that's trying to do
everything because it's just so risky.
And like, they might do some things that are OK, but like,
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it's just risky. You're probably gonna get bad
food. Yeah, you don't wanna get
Chinese food in a pizza spot. Yeah.
Which does exist. You also don't want to get pizza
in a bodega, right? Like you're not going to get
good pizza there, right? But.
There's also these restaurants that you go by and yet it
literally has like 4 different things on like what it is and
I'm like Oh no I can't imagine any of those things are very
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good. I also see a lot of like Asian
food restaurant menus when I'm walking by that will have like
types of Asian food from a lot of different Asian inspired
cuisines and that always gives me cause for paws because I
don't want to be getting pad Thai at a sushi restaurant.
Agreed. Like you should go to a sushi
restaurant to get sushi. You should go to a Thai
restaurant to get pad Thai. It might be fine, but it's not
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going to be great. And there's so many great
restaurants in New York City that you don't want to waste
your time and money eating food that's not great.
And in most places where you are, if you're looking up at the
facade of this restaurant and itsays sushi, pad Thai and pizza,
you should just step back. Go in A2 block radius and you'll
find a phenomenal sushi spot, a phenomenal Thai spot and a
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phenomenal pizza spot on their own.
So don't go to places that mix them all together.
So that's this episode's New York know how do one thing well.
OK, back to the last couple on our top Italian spots.
OK, this one that we're including, I wouldn't say it's
like the best Italian food you're ever going to have, but
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we're including it because it's a great budget option that is
still really delicious. And that is San Marzano well
priced, no frills. It's right near NYU.
So it's a lot of like a younger crowd and especially because
it's cheaper prices, it attractsthat crowd, but like it's still
really good food. Honestly, I feel like this place
would be like one of the better Italian spots on our list if
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this wasn't in New York City. Like I feel like outside of New
York City, this place would be like the Italian spot to go in
your local area. I really like this place because
it's fantastic. If you're on a budget, visiting
New York City can be a very expensive thing, and sometimes
you want to go and have great food that's not going to cost
you like 25 to 40, $30 a plate. The pastas at San Marzano are
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$14.00, and if you want to add meat, it's like $3 more.
The drinks are very affordable. You can get draft beer for $6,
and all of their bottles of wineare under $30, which is frankly
unheard of in New York City. I can't remember the last time
that we went to an Italian restaurant and got a bottle of
wine for even under $50.00. So the fact that all of their
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bottles of wine are under $30, definitely a lot of really great
value San. Marzano definitely worth trying
out it's a good option too for like lunch or if you're like
kind of in between meals, but I want a quick bite.
So check out San Marzano. OK, one of the last on our list,
but make sure you stick around because we're going to talk a
little bit about Little Italy more in depth.
But last on our top 10 is Patzenote.
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So Patzenote also in midtown, very close to Central Park, a
good pre Broadway show spot as well.
I love Patzenote because when you walk in it definitely it
just it feels fun, like everyoneseems to be in a good mood and
there's usually like really goodmusic playing and the decor on
the wall is like a little funky.It's a lot of old actors and
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actresses and it's just kind of a fun spot.
Their food is great, the salads are massive.
They are most famous for their two for one martinis.
I think it's like 16 or $17.00, but you do get 2 good full size
martinis. The kind of catch on that is
that you have to get 2 of the same.
So if you're with one other person, as long as you can agree
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on the martini style or type that you want, it's a great,
great deal. My personal.
Favorite of the martini options?They have a leche martini, which
is really, really good. I also think there's like a
strawberry basil or like a strawberry mint that's also very
good. Pazzo Notte I feel like is our
go to spot if we're going with amedium sized group and we're
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planning on getting a couple things and sharing.
Everything we've had at Pazzo Notte is really good.
They've really, really good pasta, really good pizza, really
good salad, consistently yummy drinks, good dessert.
And they do have some like bigger size tables that can also
be like put together. If you're going with a group of
like 6 or 8 people, this would be a good spot to go versus a
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place like Bricola. If you're going with a large
group, you're not really gonna be able to all sit.
I agree. We went here with my grandma,
uncle and aunt who were in town,who I'll just say like they're
not like the most adventurous eaters.
And we found options that workedfor everyone.
And I think that's like a great thing about Paz Enote, like good
salads, good pastas, good good pizzas, good entrees, like just
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good options all around a good variety for people.
We've also. Taken my nieces here so they're
very kid friendly and have like options that kids are going to
want if they want something morebasic Paz enote.
Great option in Midtown. OK, that's our 10 top Italian
restaurants. But I do want to mention Little
Italy. None of these that we talked
about are actually in Little Italy, which seems like a little
bit of a crime, but we wanted togive our personal top ten.
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Certainly there are probably better Italian restaurants in
New York City. If you know of them, send us an
e-mail. We'd love to hear and go try
them out. I just want to give like 5
highly rated restaurants in Little Italy because if you like
are Italian or you want to like really experience the Italian
culture, like going to Little Italy downtown is a great, great
option. Five that came up on my research
that are just really highly reviewed.
I'm talking like 4 1/2 stars with multiple thousands of
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reviews. Ostoria Barocca, Casa D'Angelo,
Zia Maria Gelso and Grand and LaAmore restaurant.
There are so, so many more, but those are some top ones that we
wanted to include in Little Italy specifically.
We hope you go check out at least one of these Italian
restaurants while you're here inNew York City.
If you do and you enjoy it, please send us an e-mail
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