Italian-American · Greenwich Village · Michelin 1-Star
The most theatrical Italian restaurant in America. The tuxedoed waiters, the Sinatra soundtrack, the spicy rigatoni vodka that launched a thousand Instagram reels — Carbone is dinner as performance ar...
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Via Carota
Italian · West Village · James Beard Outstanding Restaurant 2023
The most impossible walk-in in New York. Jody Williams and Rita Sodi's West Village Italian has been packed to the rafters for a decade, and the cacio e pepe still makes grown adults weep. Seasonal ve...
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Lilia
Italian · Williamsburg · Michelin 1-Star, James Beard Best Chef
Missy Robbins turned a Williamsburg warehouse into one of the five best Italian restaurants in America. The mafaldini with pink peppercorn is the dish that put her on the map, and the agnolotti will h...
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Don Angie
Italian-American · West Village · Michelin 1-Star
Don Angie took the red-sauce Italian joint and turned it inside out. The pinwheel lasagna is an architectural marvel, the chrysanthemum bread is absurdly good, and the cherry pepper rigatoni could con...
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I Sodi
Tuscan Italian · West Village · Michelin Recommended
Rita Sodi's tiny West Village Italian has 30 seats, zero pretension, and pasta that will make you reconsider everything you thought you knew about Italian food. The cacio e pepe is legendary, the seas...
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Dante
Italian Cafe & Cocktail Bar · Greenwich Village · World's Best Bar #1 (2019), James Beard Nominated
Voted World's Best Bar in 2019, and the negroni menu alone justifies the title. Dante transformed from a century-old Italian cafe into the cocktail epicenter of Greenwich Village without losing an oun...
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Lucali
Pizza · Carroll Gardens / Cobble Hill
Mark Iacono's Carroll Gardens pizzeria serves exactly two things: whole pies and calzones. That's it. No slices, no appetizers, BYOB, cash only, and a line that wraps around the block every single nig...
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Torrisi
Italian-American Fine Dining · Nolita · Michelin 1-Star
Rich Torrisi's triumphant return to the kitchen in the landmark Puck Building on Mulberry Street. Italian-American food elevated to Michelin-star levels — the chicken parm, the lobster fra diavolo, an...
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Francie
American / Italian · Williamsburg · Michelin 1-Star, James Beard Nominee
A Williamsburg brasserie that earned a Michelin star by doing everything exactly right. The lobster ravioli, the souffle cake with seaweed butter, and the duck mortadella are all memorable. The space ...
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Una Pizza Napoletana
Neapolitan Pizza · Lower East Side · #1 50 Top Pizza USA 2025
Anthony Mangieri legendary pizza temple on the Lower East Side where each pie is a masterclass in simplicity and obsessive craftsmanship. He makes a limited number of pizzas each day with meticulously...