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Via Della Pace |
Excellent |
Worth a special trip, this is my favorite Italian restaurant in the area. The food is perfectly prepared and tastes amazing. Lots of good Italian wines and Sangria on weekends. Tucked down 7th street, it's easy to miss.I've eaten here so many times it's hard to know what to recommend. The Lasagna, Spaghetti Al Brucio, Lobster Ravioli, all great. Lots of creative Bruschette choices. Really, excellent all around. Better Italian food than I had at any restaurant in Italy. And the owner is a jovial bearded man wearing colorful scarves and looking like Pavarotti.
Appetizers $4-6, salads $6-9, pastas $8.50-13, main courses $14.50-16, sandwiches $6-9, deserts 6$. Also has a wide variety of coffees. (2005-07-19)
| Also In: | Restaurants / Regional / Western European / Italian |
Butter |
Excellent |
How did I miss this restaurant? I must have walked past it a half dozen times before I finally noticed. At first I thought maybe it just opened, but the bartender set me straight, "Oh, we've been open 3-4 years, I guess," she said.Butter is New York chic. The entrance is so small, you have no idea what to expect, but then it opens up into this expansive space with wonderful arched ceilings combined with murals of forests (and actual trees). Instantly I thought of the the Four Season's restaurant - the combination of 50's modern styling with elements of nature. And of course it's filled with beautiful people, too.
And the food is wonderful. I had the cavatappi (with lamb sausage and yellow tomato sauce) and the lamb chops. Both were delicious. The lamb was perfectly prepared. The autumn chocolate tasting was fine - but not as special as it could have been.
Appetizers $10-20, entrees $25-35, deserts $10. Excellent place to go if you are taking in a show at the Public Theater (right next door). (2005-11-03)
| Also In: | Restaurants / Regional / North American / Fancy |
Crif Dogs |
Excellent |
A small, subterranean hole in the wall with a menu of fun, creative, wonderful hot dogs. This is a real "East Village" kind of experience, with classic video games and funky music.
Worth a special trip. Hot dogs from $1.50, fries from $1.75. Toppings are extra, and of course you want toppings, so expect to spend around $2-3 for a hot dog. (2005-07-24)
| Also In: | Restaurants / Regional / North American / Picnic Food |
Pomme Frittes |
Excellent |
The best french fries I have ever had, with dozens and dozens of sauces to choose from. Get the small - it is plenty large enough, and then purchase an extra sauce. Sauce favorites include mango chutney mayo, roasted garlic, and jalapeno ketchup.After moving to St. Marks Place, I purposefully avoided the fries because I had just received a high LDL count from my last physical. But then, after a week of (nearly) fat-free eating, I was just dying for some fat and so I had some of these fries and... well the experience was orgasmic - I'm not kidding.
So, my recommendation is to go fat free for a week, then have an order of fries from Pomme Frites. If you want to know what it feels like to be a drug pusher, then share them with your friends - they too will soon become addicted. (2005-09-13)
| Also In: | Restaurants / Regional / North American / Picnic Food |
Caracas Arepa Bar |
Excellent |
What a discovery! I had never had Arepas until yesterday, but I enjoyed mine so much that I dragged my collaborator back today.An Arepa is a Venezuelan sandwich. Like a pita, but harder and made of corn flour and stuffed with all kinds of wonderful meats, cheeses, and vegetables (esp. avocado and plantains).
The Arepas at Caracas are wonderful - very tasty and very fresh with wonderful spices and ingredients you are unlikely to find elsewhere. Be sure to try the Papelon con limon - it's like tea but with sugar loaf which gives it a smooth creamy taste.
Caracas itself is a charming but tiny hole in the wall, about the size of my apartment living room. I recommend eating at the bar and watching the staff (it's an open kitchen) - all five employees perform a sort of dance as they prepare the food and clean up.
(2006-7-28) Hey! They opened up a full restaurant next door (the hole-in-the-wall is the same, mostly take out, but you can still eat there). Congrats! (2005-09-14)
| Also In: | Restaurants / Regional / South American Restaurants / Categories / Cleanliness Award |
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