With all the great pizza being served in NYC, how is bad pizza still popping up?

I love pizza.

Please tell me which places to avoid.

Galli's a bit of a mess.

Ooooh Faicco's is anEXCELLENT suggestion. See? This is why I come here.
I might try to do a call-in on Parm too.

Thanks!

I'm not waiting on line for chicken.

Anyone else?

I can't get a decent chicken parm near 6th Ave and Broome St to save my life. Can somebody make a recommendation?

Thanks in advance.

Aurora SoHo

Please recommend a place to watch the Euro Cup final this Sunday.

There are plenty of Spanish tapas bars to support Spain, but Italian restaurants are less likely to have TVs at their bars or in their dining rooms.

Thanks!

I was under the impression that Bigoli was entering NYC aiming to be a player in the big league Italian food scene.

To make that happen, here's what has to be done.

1. Get the kids off the floor.
From the coat check girl laughing out loud telling her funny stories to a captivated and otherwise inattentive maitre'd, to the 20-something barmaid, to the manager (?) getting a back rub by another female staff member in the bar-room dining area, it all has to stop.

2. When offering a piece of meat on the bone, have someone check to make sure there's something other than fat and bone actually being served.
Alternatively, when a 100-pound woman complains that there was no edible food on the dish, don't instruct her that "it's supposed to be that way". Just give her another piece and consider it an investment in future business.

3. $24 for 5 super-delicious mini ravioli. It almost adds up, but not really. Reassess.

4. Who styled that dining room? Howard Johnson?

Great wine list. Staff is dressed very well. Bar is comfortable.
Overall a decent effort, but there is much fodder for the professional reviewers to pick apart for this place. I wish Mr. Stratta the best of luck, but I suspect he's got a lot to learn about the market at Bigoli's price point.

This ain't Vegas.

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Bigoli
140 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011

South's.
Stuzzicheria.
Saluggi's.
Cercle Rouge.

There's like a billion places over there.

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Cercle Rouge
241 W. Broadway, New York, NY 10013

Souths
273 Church St, New York, NY 10013

Saluggi's
325 Church St, New York, NY 10013

Pane Panelle
305 Church St, New York, NY 10013

"Like"

Lupa is booked.

Suggestions are greatly appreciated.

After 3 or 4 times hanging out at the bar for drinks, 3 dinners and today's brunch, I'm finally done.

The place just doesn't work.

The servers are always professional and friendly when you've got their attention, but they disappear for long periods every time. The bar is too conscientious for its own good and the bartenders take forever to get drinks out.

The food is slow to come out and you're left with an expensive cocktail list of small expensive drinks and an inexplicably bad selection of crappy wines by the glass.

At noon today they were out of things on the menu and it took them over 90 minutes to serve us our brunch of little more than eggs.

The place is always annoyingly loud and is the single strongest bridge and tunnel magnet in the neighborhood. Think lots of tables of loud girls.

Andrew Carmellini's food is excellent. The food is tasty and if you're going to go, I recommend the Fall Salad appetizer.

What a shame. It's so nice inside. I really want to love this place but it's impossible.

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The Dutch
131 Sullivan St, New York, NY 10012

DistendedBelly, thanks for such a large report. I'll be travelling through Piemonte with my wife one long weekend in November, so I'll save this info.
One thing though....Are you in the food/wine biz or just an advanced amateur like me? Why should we trust your palate aside from some assumed reasons.
Thank you again very much.

I couldn't find a thing open after 4am last night in Greenwich Village or West Village.

Thanks for your input.

Just had a great little Village/SoHo crawl through Da Silvano (outstanding) then Caffe Dante then David Burke Kitchen's Bar in The James Hotel.
A few places on MacDougal, like Slane, are also open.

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Da Silvano
260 6th Ave, New York, NY 10014

Slane
102 MacDougal St, New York, NY 10012

David Burke Kitchen
23 Grand St, New York, NY 10013

Is it safe to say all the major hotels are serving food?

I'm very happy to hear this. An an Italian-American and frequent traveler to Italy, I grew to love Paul's food right away. I'll be at "Stoots" this evening.

Thank you very much. We're not big fans of the food at Lani Kai, but I'll check your map out.

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Lani Kai
525 Broome St, New York, NY 10012

Four adults looking for a good "boozy" brunch for this Sunday.

Aside from Jane, what do you like?

Thanks!

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Jane
100 West Houston Street, New York, NY 10012

It's not Simon. It's the savvier-than-though wasps they hire and teach how to pronounce Italian food terms that work the floor.
Ma, il cibo e' buonissimo. Non posso permettere che mi preoccupa.

Who the heck drinks a Barolo with seafood? Was there really a thread on this?

Thank you so much, Jen!

I'll be in Montepulciano the second week of June '11.

Please help with any food/wine tasting/etc recs.

THANKS! in advance.

Super pissed I didn't see this yesterday.

Good post, Lammie. Curiosity officially piqued!

I know, I know. They're probably very different but I feel like The Lion is slipping from favor and Bar Basque just might be a creative meal by an enthusiastic restaurant team.

Your thoughts, please.

The sitch: my wife and me, my 42nd birthday, midweek 7pm.

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Bar Basque
839 6th Ave, New York, NY 10001

You took 35 pictures during your meal at SHO? Or were these just the good ones?

Big dumpling / dim sum news.

Any word on Mandarin Court's future?

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Fried Dumpling
99 Allen St, New York, NY 10002

I love it when people talk about San Gennaro having been better years ago...

I've been going for 30 years...It's always been the same. Like it or not.

The best bracciole and sausage sandwiches are made at Johnny Fasullo's stand on the southeast corner of Mulberry and Grand.

They roast their own hot peppers and let you pick them from a pan to add to your sandwich. Good stuff!

Please tell. I'm beginning to prefer it over the traditional kind.

Thanks.

La Ripaille is dirty and...well...just plain not good.

Edited to include:
http://a816-restaurantinspection.nyc....

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La Ripaille
605 Hudson St, New York, NY 10014