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.
Kirsten says
Do Italians put cheese on their pasta? Somehow this has always struck me as inauthentic and something to do with the sauce needs extra help. Of course, I can never bring myself to refuse.