Falai

08. August 2005 Italian, Lower East Side 0
60 Clinton Street between Rivington and Stanton 212/253.1960 about $100 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ I rarely go to an Italian restaurant because I can’t, and don’t want to, eat a whole big bowl of pasta. Falai serves the familiar but transcends at the same time because of the imaginative ...

Peasant

25. June 2005 Italian, SoHo 0
194 Elizabeth Street between Prince and Spring, New York City 212/965.9511 about $150 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ It’s hard to convince me to try a restaurant dubbed “Best Place to Impress a First Date” but after walking by Peasant one afternoon, I thought of it as the best place ...

Esca

08. November 2004 Italian, Midtown 0
402 West 43rd Street off Ninth Avenue 212/564.7272 about $700 for four, with a lot of drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Some friends I met while traveling in Ireland were in town. Remembering how much we all liked our seafood while we were traveling, I booked a table for four at Esca. At least ...

Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca

14. October 2004 Italian, West Village + TriBeCa 0
110 Waverly Place between MacDougal and Sixth 212/777.0303 about $200 for two, with a few drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Our first time at Babbo, we went all out, asked questions about never-heard words written on the menu (braciole! francobolli! scottadita!) and picked out a bottle of red wine to match. I started ...