Zucchero e Pomodori June 9, 2002This neighborhood needs another Italian restaurant like a Port Authority bathroom needs another strange smell. We’re not claiming...
Carino June 9, 2002[CLOSED] If I wanted bland, watery home cooked food, I’d defrost something from my grandmother’s freezer. The woman...
Ernie’s June 9, 2002[CLOSED] It is, and always has been, our opinion that Italian restaurants should be small, intimate places with...
Osso Buco – Uptown June 9, 2002[CLOSED] Amazingly, Osso Buco means “crappy family style” in Italian. No joke. It still amazes us that these...
Carmine’s – Theater District August 4, 2001Ah, family style restaurants, the scourge of discerning chefs everywhere. Generally family style means little or no taste,...
Caffè Buon Gusto (Sutton) August 4, 2001[CLOSED] The sheer number of Italian restaurants in NYC is staggering. Add Caffè Buon Gusto to the heap,...
Vespa August 4, 2001[CLOSED] A crowded little Italian place on the UES. Sound familiar? It is. The funny thing is, we...
Spada August 4, 2001[CLOSED] You’re not going to be blown away. You’re probably not even going to remember what the place...
Sambuca August 4, 2001[CLOSED] Another one of those extremely uninventive family-style restaurants that delivers a lot of food, but not much...
Lavagna August 4, 2001Granted this Mediterranean/Italian joint isn’t the easiest place to get to, but it’s well worth a stroll down...
Naples 45 October 4, 2000[CLOSED] “Brick oven pizzas the size of surfboards,” “Meatballs that taste like bricks,” “Waiters who are completely brickheaded.”...
Trattoria Pesce and Pasta – East Side February 26, 2000[CLOSED] “Take a date here and you’ll get laid for sure”, said one reviewer. Of course there is...
Tony’s Di Napoli – Upper East Side February 26, 2000[CLOSED] Whoever said quality over quantity has never talked to Tony, ’cause he’d knock that schmuck’s nose right...
Puglia Restaurant February 26, 2000The king of the Little (sh)Italy rip-offs. The food and decor at Puglia are just plain uglia. All...
Al Bacio February 26, 2000[CLOSED] Just another in a long line of UES little Italian haunts. But these are the great places...
Sotto Cinque February 26, 2000[CLOSED] For the truly cheap and the insanely tasteless, try this “bistro” on the upper east side where...
Ecco-la February 26, 2000[CLOSED] One of our Italian surveyors told us that Ecco-la, roughly translated, means “We put free weed in...
Il Corallo Trattoria February 26, 2000Fortunately this place doesn’t take reservations, because patrons say they would have the place booked every night through...