italian: Il Fornetto, the unfortunate
- 03/31/10 04:00 PM
Il Fornetto2902 Emmons AvenueBrooklyn, NY 11235 (718) 332-8494 Restaurant week in Brooklyn is a fantastic time to try out new restaurants. This year we choose Il Fornetto Il Fornetto has a beautiful location overlooking Sheepshead Bay, A big wall window allows you to watch the sailboats going by. For restaurant week, the restaurant, offered two prix fixe meals for $ 2010, consisting of soup or salad, pasta and dessert. While inexpensive, the food was not good. The soup was tasteless and my pasta dish, penne in eggplant sauce had dried pasta ends. The pasta had obviously been sitting too long. Truly … (0 comments)
italian: Il Fornetto, the unfortunate
- 03/31/10 03:52 PM
Il Fornetto2902 Emmons AvenueBrooklyn, NY 11235 (718) 332-8494 Restaurant week in Brooklyn is a fantastic time to try out new restaurants. This year we choose Il Fornetto Il Fornetto has a beautiful location overlooking Sheepshead Bay, A big wall window allows you to watch the sailboats going by. For restaurant week, the restaurant, offered two prix fixe meals for $ 2010, consisting of soup or salad, pasta and dessert. While inexpensive, the food was not good. The soup was tasteless and my pasta dish, penne in eggplant sauce had dried pasta ends. The pasta had obviously been sitting too long. Truly … (0 comments)
italian: Bice New York, is part of a chain of restaurants, but this is not your fathers McDonald's
- 12/27/09 12:53 PM
Bice Ristorante4 East 54 StreetsNew York, NY 212 688 1999 Bice New York, is part of a chain of restaurants, but this is not your fathers McDonald's There are several Bice restaurants around the world we were at the Manhattan branch. The first thing you notice that the décor is lively but dignified, in some ways similar to Kellari. The next thing to notice is that even though this is not an inexpensive restaurant (dinner can easily be $ 100/person) there are children at the table, albeit well dressed and at there best behavior. Indeed three generational tables are not uncommon. … (0 comments)
italian: Would you like an Aria with that?
- 12/04/09 01:17 PM
Tomasso Restaurant 1464 86th St. (cor. Bay 8th St. )Brooklyn, NY 11228 ph# 718-236-9883 Deep in the heart of Italian Brooklyn is Tomasso's restaurant. The food is real Italian, not like the fake Australian Outback steak house across the street. The lasagna had sausage, pork, beef. This is the way it's made in homes in Italy. Olive oil and basil is on the table to have with your crusty ethnic breads and the wine list is perhaps the best in Brooklyn. Special attention is paid to large groups. The prices go down with entrees in the 20's, as easily as a … (1 comments)
italian: Don't eat dinner at a lunch restaurant
- 07/22/09 04:35 PM
Murano 207 West 36 Street New York, NY 10018 (212) 695-5220 I love Italian food and I love American food. Murano seems to have confused the best of both. Murano is quite clearly a business mans fancy lunch, a place were corporate high level gossip can be exchanged while the executives get thoroughly lubricated. Indeed Murano is not open on the weekends. Italian food has wonderful distinct courses with its antipasti, pasta and secondi all with different tastes and textures. The antipasti is made to be eaten with bread. The pasta's shape is made to enhance the flavors of the sauce; … (1 comments)
italian: In the presence of professionals
- 06/25/09 12:28 PM
Padre Figlio310 east 44 streetNY, NY There is something about Padre Figlio, which just tells you they know what they are doing. It starts with the hostess, who greets you by name even though you have never been there before and have not announced yourself. The Maitre D' proceeds to announce the voluminous specials of the day, including the ingredients and the method of preparation...just so. We were not interested in just beef, I wanted to see what the chef can do and even this jaded New Yorker was impressed. Some of us started with a wonderful tricolor salad topped with … (0 comments)
italian: Arno
- 05/11/09 04:53 PM
Arno Restaurant141 West 38 StreetNew York, NY 212-944-7420 Arno Restaurant like the Arno River is classically Italian. The ambiance of dark wood and large mirrors reminds you of Tuscany. Interestingly enough Tuscany is famous for its beef and there is very little beef on Arno's menu. What Arno does have is someone who knows fish and seafood. Its Calamari was freshly done, fried Calamari that sits becomes greasy and rubbery, and the sauce was nicely piccante, just a little heat. Avoid the Mozzarella and Basil it was very plain Jane. There are daily specials and we got Bass with a butter, … (0 comments)
italian: Eating cheaply on Avenue U, Brooklyn, NY - 3
- 05/11/09 04:50 PM
New Star Restaurant (Dim Sum)1217 Avenue UBrooklyn, NY 718 998 -0350 Yes, I am a Dim Sum fanatic, but who can blame me. This Chinese brunch ritual is wonderful and New Star impressed me. New Star has expanded and this has given them the ability to present a huge variety of Dim Sum (small plates) at a very reasonable price. Their Shui Mei (meat) and their Har Gow (shrimp) dumplings were excellent. The variety and freshness of their other offerings was amazing. I tried a new item, a mini fried egg with fish mouse inside that seemed to float off the … (0 comments)
italian: Fino's Wall Street - a restaurant review
- 04/20/09 10:51 AM
Fino's Wall Street is mis-named, it should be Find if you can, Not on Wall Street. Look for this subterranean pricey restaurant off the corner (or maybe that should be under the corner) of Beaver and Pearl. The décor of Fino's reminds you of a 1940's gangster movie, there is even a private platform where the shoot out can occur. We went on Friday night and discovered that we were the only patrons with a wait staff of about twenty. Because we were a group of four we were able to sample a fairly wide range of their offerings. Fino's is … (0 comments)
Times are tough, especially in the restaurant business. Saturday night in Little Italy and there were many empty tables. Grotta Azzurra was doing only slightly better than some other restaurants on Mulberry Street. And the reason is SERVICE. The most frustrating thing is to try to contact your waiter when the restaurant is empty and your waiter is talking to other waiters, but not at Grotta Azzurra. Our waiter was attentive and when he didn't know the answer, he got back to us immediately. The plates came out on time and in good … (0 comments)
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