Ovest Pizzoteca is featuring a special prix-fixe menu for all
World Cup Soccer games (June 11 – July 11).
The $16.00 Prix Fixe menu includes:
1 Bufala Pizza, 1 Birra Italiana and 1 Espresso.
Enjoy unlimited pizza for $12 during all Italian national games.
For iNFO & RSVP 212 967 4392 or info@ovestnyc.com or click on the [...]
BY CAROLYN ONOFREY
Otto
1 5th Ave
212-995-9559/ottopizzeria.com
A child of the Bastianich/Batali family, Otto is a restaurant that I keep coming back to again and again for its great food and value.
Walking in to Otto you are greeted by a wine bar modeled after an old train station with high-top tables to stand [...]
BY CAROLYN ONOFREY
Lazzara’s
221 West 38th Street
Garment District / Midtown West
212-944-7792/lazzaraspizza.com
Featured in New York City magazine staples such as Time Out New York and New York Magazine as one of the top places in the City for pizza, I took my parents and some friends from out of town for a St. Patty’s day lunch [...]
BY CAROLYN ONOFREY
Esposito’s Pork Shop
354 West 38th Street
Garment District
212-868-4124/espositosausage.com
In the seemingly desolate area that the backside of The Port Authority Bus Terminal occupies, lie but a few hidden gems. One of them, a long standing (since 1933 to be exact) butcher shop specializing in homemade pork sausages of all kinds.
The exterior of the establishment, [...]
BY CAROLYN ONOFREY
L & B Spumoni Garden
2725 86th Street
Gravesend, Brooklyn
718-372-8400/spumonigardens.com
I went to Spumoni Garden for what everyone in their right mind goes there for, the Sicilian pizza and the spumoni. I had heard about Spumoni Garden from many reliable sources, all with the same verdict: delicious. Despite the one hour subway ride on [...]
BY CLAIRE McCURDY
ACQUA
718 Amsterdam Avenue @95th Street
Upper West Side
212-222-2752 /acquanyc.com
An exterior of cerulean blue, very appealing on an otherwise somewhat dreary block, “sails” hanging in swags from the ceilings, so that you are meant to feel you’re on a ship under full sail; undulating walls at the entryway with teak [...]
An Italian classic – Review of Filli Ponte restaurant
BY CAROLYN ONOFREY
Filli Ponte
39 Desbrosses Street
Tribeca
212-226-4621/filliponte.com
On an otherwise forgotten but often passed corner of the West Side Highway, stood Filli Ponte. When I walked up on one very chilly Saturday night, I was surprised by its quaint facade and very out of the way location just [...]
BY ELENA MANCINI
Vino2010 is where “the world’s number one producer (Italy) meets the world’s greatest wine consumer (USA).” This was renowned wine-educator, Kevin’s Zraly’s lively opening statement for the vino2010 conference in New York City yesterday. According to the latest data, Italian wines represent circa 31% market share of U.S. wine imports. The year [...]
