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and now for a less basic rec....
If you're willing to hop on the train to NJ, you are just a 30 minute ride (or 20 minute uber) away from some of the most authentic Italian food on this side of the Atlantic (and Hudson). The menus are seasonal and innovative, but my personal recommendation is to opt for the tasting menu, with dessert swapped for an affogato.
The first time I went, they won me over with a spring pesto flan, and the most recent time, heaps of complementary aged parm. Still BYOB for the time being, which brings the bill down to a price you won't believe you're getting farm-to-table food for.
Nov 14, 2023
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intimate and cozy pasta joint. sit inside at the counter, and you can watch the kitchen work to create some of the best pasta dishes you’ll ever have. bring some friends. eat the menu. have a bottle of wine.
menu highlights: tonnarelli cacio e pepe. casoncelli with beets, horseradish, and tarragon.
Dec 6, 2024
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When meeting for coffee one morning, Austin Withers mentioned walking by a place whose walls were covered in post it notes. I had to go. It was one of my favorite meals in Italy- a one man operation, cool because it was honest & fucking good. The owner, Alessandro, is that one man- greeting everyone with a host’s panache and serving us cheese, meats, olive oil & bread which all came from his son’s farm. Incredibly chic. When I open my own cafe, Alessandro will be in mind.
Sep 14, 2021
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Nothing makes me feel more like a coastal elite than eating at a chain restaurant that‘s only other locations are in Rome, Florence, and Milan.
The last time I was there I came in sopping wet from a torrential rainstorm that accosted me on the way back from a screening of L’Atlante at the Anthology Film Archives.
The other patrons stared at me like I was a sad wet dog that sullied up their white shag rug at their Hamptons beach house.
Due to the quasi-European “cute“/claustrophobic design of the restaurant, the kind that only sufficiently thin (and dry) people can efficiently navigate through, I found myself literally dripping on the people dining below me while making my way to my seat.
During the meal a woman from LA repeatedly insisted that my friend and I had British accents after overhearing our conversation (we don’t).
The food was delicious, as always.
Aug 3, 2024
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