Italian Restaurants in Manhattan (consolidated)
May 16, 2010, 4:02 pm
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A search of this forum for "Italian restaurant" yielded several highly relevant threads. The two recent threads have now been merged into the most informative of these previous threads, and links to older threads are also provided from the OP.
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May 16, 2010, 7:00 pm
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How about Jillie's (sp?) It's some joint that my mother -- who's a native New Yorker - always used to recommend and add that "Sinatra would always go there." I think it was in the "old neighborhood" - meaning somewhere up around 1st and 116th St., not sure if it's still going but as of a few years ago when I caught a segment on 60 Minutes or one of those news programs that was about them having a legal fight over the name Jillie's with another establishment, it was still going strong...
May 16, 2010, 9:24 pm
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I'm a fan of Da Tommaso on 54th and 8th Avenue (908 8th Avenue to be exact). The late, great Jerry Orbach was often seen here:
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Oct 17, 2011, 8:29 am
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I've got friends coming in town this weekend, and they love Italian food of all kinds. I was thinking it would be fun to take them to some place in Little Italy; what do people recommend? They've said that they will be paying, so I don't want to blow them away with an uber-expensive restaurant - just a good solid place with atmosphere.
If Little Italy is mostly lousy tourist traps, what do people recommend anywhere in the city?
I've read through this thread but I'm not sure what's out of date.
If Little Italy is mostly lousy tourist traps, what do people recommend anywhere in the city?
I've read through this thread but I'm not sure what's out of date.
Oct 17, 2011, 10:43 am
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Personally, I would skip Little Italy. The UES recommendations I made near the beginning of the thread still hold as solid neighborhood places and are not uber-expensive (except maybe Primola).
Oct 17, 2011, 12:19 pm
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I've got friends coming in town this weekend, and they love Italian food of all kinds. I was thinking it would be fun to take them to some place in Little Italy; what do people recommend? They've said that they will be paying, so I don't want to blow them away with an uber-expensive restaurant - just a good solid place with atmosphere.
If Little Italy is mostly lousy tourist traps, what do people recommend anywhere in the city?
I've read through this thread but I'm not sure what's out of date.
If Little Italy is mostly lousy tourist traps, what do people recommend anywhere in the city?
I've read through this thread but I'm not sure what's out of date.
Oct 17, 2011, 2:25 pm
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I've got friends coming in town this weekend, and they love Italian food of all kinds. I was thinking it would be fun to take them to some place in Little Italy; what do people recommend? They've said that they will be paying, so I don't want to blow them away with an uber-expensive restaurant - just a good solid place with atmosphere.
If Little Italy is mostly lousy tourist traps, what do people recommend anywhere in the city?
If Little Italy is mostly lousy tourist traps, what do people recommend anywhere in the city?
Oct 17, 2011, 8:35 pm
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Campagnola Restaurant
1382 1st Ave
(between 73rd St & 74th St)
New York, NY 10021
Neighborhoods: Yorkville, Upper East Side
(212) 861-1102
http://www.yelp.com/biz/campagnola-restaurant-new-york
Absolutely amazing old school place. Don't order off the menu - just let them serve you what you need.
1382 1st Ave
(between 73rd St & 74th St)
New York, NY 10021
Neighborhoods: Yorkville, Upper East Side
(212) 861-1102
http://www.yelp.com/biz/campagnola-restaurant-new-york
Absolutely amazing old school place. Don't order off the menu - just let them serve you what you need.
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Oct 17, 2011, 10:14 pm
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