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Have You Admired Have & Meyer, an Italian Cocktail Bar Coming to Williamsburg?
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New Italian Spot, Naked Dog, Bares All in Greenpoint
(Photo: Naked Dog’s Facebook)
Used to be Anella was the go-to for fancy Italian near the Greenpoint waterfront, but after six years it finally has some competition in the form of Naked Dog. Executive chef Amit Rabinovich was a line cook at Salumeria Rossi and then a sous chef at Mario Batali’s beloved Village spot Babbo before opening up in Greenpoint this past weekend.
Tuscan Restaurant-Retail Hybrid ‘Coming Soon’ to Union Square
(Photo: Daniel Maurer)
Over the weekend we noticed signage for Mi Garba up at 129 Fourth Ave., the former home of Dryden Gallery Space near Union Square. According to the Post, the company, which stocks European supermarkets with freshly prepared Tuscan foods, is planning a 10-table restaurant where clothing items and food and wine will also be for sale.
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La Nonna’s Bedford Avenue Location Is Finito
(Photo: Daniel Maurer)
Less than a couple of years after it was featured in Gothamist’s “Still Got It” column celebrating eateries that “continue to serve mouthwatering meals and drinks long after the buzz has faded,” La Nonna ain’t got it no more. We’re talking about the trattoria’s Bedford Avenue location, which opened in 2006 and closed this week.
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A 134-Year-Old Italian Gelateria Is Coming to Williamsburg to Serve Salmon Sorbet
Francesco Cataldo and his gelato making machine. (Photo: Daniel Maurer)
Salmon gelato, anyone?
Antica Gelateria Gentile will be serving up just that – plus Italian coffee and savory Puglian specialties like focaccia-style pizza – when it opens in Williamsburg in the next few weeks.
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Galli Had the Gall to Open in the Former Inoteca Space
(Photos: Daniel Maurer)
Inoteca broke some hearts when it closed this past February, but as of last night you can once again put away pasta on the corner of Ludlow and Rivington. The Lower East Side offshoot of Soho restaurant Galli doesn’t serve truffled egg toast (sigh), but its menu of competently rendered Italian standards isn’t likely to disappoint anyone looking for carbs and carbonara. Just about the only Italian comfort food missing from the menu is fettuccine alfredo.
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14-Year-Old Perbacco Reopens With Wall-to-Wall Wineage
(Photos courtesy of Perbacco)
After closing in the spring, East Village mainstay Perbacco is reopening with a new look, chef, and menu.
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San Marzano Disappears from LES, Reemerges in East Village With New Menu
(Photo: Nicole Disser)
More pizza for the East Village? Impossible. Well we certainly thought this was the case when San Marzano, originally a za zone in the Lower East Side, officially opened yesterday in the Second Avenue space that was briefly home to Picnic. But don’t roll your eyes just yet, because Marzano ditched the pizza in favor of pasta and panini (not that those are particularly lacking in the EV).
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At Pasta Shop, You Can Eat Rigatoni Like It’s Ramen
(Photo: Kirsten O’Regan)
Now that the Neapolitan pizza craze has come and gone, it might just be time for pasta to take its place at the center of the table. First there was Bar Primi, which jettisoned secondi in favour of showcasing what was traditionally only the semolina-heavy first course. Now, there’s Pasta Shop, which materialized as if from thin air at a former garage space by the Jefferson Ave L stop last week.
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