Bar Veloce (Chelsea) May 4, 2007[CLOSED] We serendipitously found this joint on Halloween weekend and figured out quickly that judging a crowd anywhere...
Gusto May 15, 2006[CLOSED] When I was growing up Italian restaurants had Chianti bottles in that straw basket thing with candles...
Osteria Stella May 15, 2006[CLOSED] Tainted. A very apropos adjective to start off a review that stems from a work event. There’s...
Patsy’s Italian Restaurant February 7, 2005Apparently being old school allows you to jack up your prices. If Tony Bennett, that whore, has dined...
L’Allergria Ristorante December 15, 2004[CLOSED] Um, uh, yeah, so I think I, um, had some chicken parmesan or something here. Obviously this...
Il Buco October 21, 2004Is it a restaurant or antique store? That was my first thought when I walked into Il Buco’s...
Pomodoro June 10, 2004This place is pretty basic. You have your soups, sandwiches and a few salads. Along with this normal...
Assaggio February 5, 2004[CLOSED] What? What’s that? Sorry, I can’t hear you over the din; the sound waves flying out of...
Terra Italian Ristorante February 5, 2004[CLOSED] I’ve never been a fan of the hard sell. If I’m browsing, I don’t need some damn...
I Coppi February 5, 2004[CLOSED] Not to be confused with the Latina whorehouse ¡Ay Poppi! down the street, this rustic Italian joint...
Mangia e Bevi February 5, 2004[CLOSED] Cheap Italian is the life’s blood of the New York restaurant market. Some think it’s those fancy-schmancy,...
Caffè Buon Gusto (Chelsea) February 5, 2004[CLOSED] The joint has a strange cave quality about it. Caves are dark, dank and not set up...
Julian’s August 6, 2003[CLOSED] Surprise, it’s an Italian restaurant in Manhattan! It seems as though Italian joints on the big island...
Vero Wine Bar Uptown August 6, 2003[CLOSED] Vero is a funky little place. Not funky in an East Village kind of way, but funky...
Mama Mia 44sw April 1, 2003Cheap Italian food in the Theater District should be a hot commodity. After all, who has the time...
Puttanesca February 10, 2003[CLOSED] Yes, there are many Italian restaurants in NYC. So many, in fact, that they all seem to...
Federico’s Bistro Italiano February 10, 2003[CLOSED] There is nothing more disappointing to me than bad chicken parmesan. It’s one of my favorite things...
Don Giovanni (Hell’s Kitchen) October 14, 2002Everyone loves brick oven pizzas. Don Giovanni makes ’em. Do they make them great? Not so much. They’re...