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La Trattoria Italiana2811 Avenue UBrooklyn, NY 11229 718 648 0334  La Trattoria is a good relatively inexpensive Italian restaurant, with a large open room it is the right place for that office party or large family occasion. While the food is good and the portions hardy, the restaurant has over the decades lost that special ...

Padre Figlio310 east 44 streetNY, NY  Going back to any restaurant including Padre Figlio, is really challenging. The restaurant is not only competing with other restaurants it is also competing with itself. Padre Figlio is still that very professional and very good food place. The Maitre D’ has everything under control when you ...

Nino’s Positano890 2nd Avenue New York NY10017 (212) 355-5540 Nino’s seems to have many loyal customers, I noticed the waiters call some of their patrons by name. There is a reason for this loyalty. It is good food with extra large portions and no cut corners.  The Jumbo Crab Cakes were almost all crab, no Surimi ...

In Vino215 E. 4th StreetNew York, NY 10002212.539.1011I am not a big fan of eating in cellars or mud huts, so I find it strange that Invino has decorated its walls with a rough sand texture that reminds me of both. But I guess if you have to distinguish yourself from the dozens of other bistros that have sprung up in Alphabet city, it could be ...

Falai 68 Clinton StreetNew York, NY 10002 212 253 1960 If you have every watched “Top Chef” on TV and wondered how the dishes the chefs prepare would actually taste, go to Falai. We should have known this was no ordinary place when we saw the expensive menu online and we had trouble getting a reservation on a Tuesday night. ...

Padre Figlio310 east 44 streetNY, NY In the presence of professionals There is something about Padre Figlio, which just tells you they know what they are doing. It starts with the hostess, who greets you by name even though you have never been there before and have not announced yourself. The Maitre D’ proceeds to announce the ...

Tomasso Restaurant 1464 86th St. (cor. Bay 8th St. ) Brooklyn, NY 11228           ph# 718-236-9883 Deep in the heart of Italian Brooklyn is Tomasso’s restaurant. The food is real Italian, not like the fake Australian Outback steak house across the street. The lasagna had ...

Bice Ristorante7 East 54 StreetNew York, NY 212 688 1999 Bice New York, is part of a chain of restaurants, but this is not your fathers McDonald’s There are several Bice restaurants around the world we were at the Manhattan branch. The first thing you notice that the décor is lively but dignified, in some ways similar ...

Joe’s of Avenue U287 Avenue UBrooklyn, NY718 449 9285 I was 13 years old when I first went to Joe’s of Avenue U. Even after fifty years, Joe’s a Focacceria Palermitana has not lost its Sicilian roots. Initially Joes\’s was only open for lunch. When lunch or the mid day meal was the main meal as it was back in Sicily. ...

La Piazzetta442 Graham AvenueBrooklyn, NY 718 349 1627 Some restaurants are failures; some are standouts, La Piazzetta is neither.Located in hot Williamsburg, the décor is surprisingly nice considering they either converted an old garage or roofed the space, between two buildings. The music is too loud making it hard to ...