Zucchero e Pomodori

After my yearly Yankees/Mariners game (Chien Ming Wang nearly pitched a perfect game) with HB, we met up with SpB, who’d been sitting with her other friends at the field level.  After a few hours of mindless TV, we felt a bit munchy and so, set off to find a restaurant that appealed to us in SpB’s ‘hood, the UES.  We finally stumbled upon this place- not too packed, as many places had been, nor completely empty…

Great choice!

We chose to split a side dish of steamed spinach, which was fairly standard, not overcooked at all.

SpB ordered the calamari diavlo, which she said a touch spicy and very yummy. 

HB and I wound up ordering the same thing- tagliatelle with bolognese.  The tagliatelle was thick, chewy, and extremely hearty- both of us didn’t finish our dishes, but felt stuffed with only about 1/2 to 3/4 of the dish in our bellies.  I loved this dish, and thought it was well done. 

An interesting point to note- they didn’t offer us any cheese with our pastas.  None of us wanted any, but we did notice this.  (I would even say I appreciated it, since a few times, I’ve partaken of the cheese a pasta restaurant would offer and then gotten sick…)

Yvo says: Though I consider this way far out of the way to travel just for an Italian meal, I did think the food was particularly delicious despite my not being that hungry to begin with.  I highly recommend this place if you’re in the area, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to eat here.