‘cesca

22. January 2007 Italian, Upper West Side 0
164 West 75th Street on Amsterdam Avenue 212/787.6300 $280 for four people with eight glasses of drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ Ah, the upper west side, you keep surprising me. ‘cesca has been on our list of places to eat for the past year because Cameron lives around the corner. After Telepan, I’m more ...

Frankie’s 457

29. November 2006 Brooklyn, Italian 1
457 Court Street off 4th Place, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn 718/403.0033 about $150 for four, with a bottle of wine, without tip, cash only ♥ ♥ Update, February 2009: I had a lovely weekday lunch here with gnocchi and meatballs. Both were in tomato sauce that had their own tastes. (It wold have sucked if they ...

Otto Pizzeria e Enoteca

24. September 2006 East Village, Italian 1
One Fifth Avenue on 8th Street 212/995.9559 $90 for three, with several drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ When a group of my friends and I just want a laid-back night with good food but can’t afford the other Batali establishments, we end up at Otto where we can eat thin-crust pizzas cooked on a flat-iron ...

Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca

07. August 2006 Italian, West Village + TriBeCa 3
110 Waverly Place between MacDougal and Sixth 212/777.0303 about $900 for six, with a lot of drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ For my annual pilgrimage, I was diligent and booked a table exactly thirty days from our dinner date to get a prime spot at 9pm for six people. It was to celebrate ...

Del Posto

85 Tenth Avenue on 16th Street212/497-8090$810 for six, with a few drinks, with tip♥ ♥ The latest from the Batali-Bastianich empire, Del Posto’s staircase, marble floors and plush seating all scream money. You walk past the valet (!) through the lobby and it’s like you’re in someone’s mansion outside of New York. Its 18,000-square-foot space ...