Authentic Neapolitan pies on 57th perfect for a shopping/working recharge.
- A Voce
- Union Square
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Italian
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$$$
Blame this place for the duck meatballs showing up on everybody's expense account.
Lush patio, candlelit madness, great for hot dates.
Authentic Italian feeds the still-employed of the FiDi.
Michael White enters the hotel dining game with elegant Italian at the Setai.
Perpetually mobbed-up, but not in a pinkie ring and jogging suit way. Unfortunately.
Authentic, all-natural gelato in creative fashionings.
Low-pretense pizzeria an antipodal Franny’s on the far side of the Slope.
- Apizz
- Lower East Side
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Italian
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Sophisto-pie from Peasant's Frank DeCarlo, making the LES safer by the minute for young children and Ohioans.
Quality Bay Ridge red sauce joint, crowded, noisy, and fun. Play the spot-a-real-Tony-Soprano game.
Every bit as stylish (and spendy) as the parent line.
Italian eatery with old world charm.
Southfork restaurateurs head up the island with a farm-to-table charmer.
Sprawling Italian spot at the Gansevoort Park comes complete with a chef from Vegas.
- Babbo
- Greenwich Village
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Italian
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$$$$
Mario Batali's flagship: uninhibited Italian on a culinary mission. Try everything.
Oldest of Williamsburg's old-school Italians. Mangia!
Big bites of small plates, Italian style.
Wine and dine, looking fine.
Top roast chicken from chef Jonathan Waxman and his brick oven.
Casually upscale Italian joint with small plates and 40 wines by the glass.
Al di Là drops a neighborhoody spin-off near the Brooklyn Museum.
- Betto
- Williamsburg
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Italian, Mediterranean
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$$$
Greenmarket-inspired Medi from Corsino/’ino/’inoteca peeps.
Bettola expands with homemade pizza and pasta inside a rustic Manhattanville spread.
Wood-burning oven adds character to simple, authentic approach.
Lady-leaning reincarnation of Café de la Gare. Mini-skillet cassoulet the warm version of cupcakes.
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