Bar Italia Restaurant Review:
Bar Italia feels like it belongs on South Beach. The pastas and main dishes are inventive, the outdoor seating feels private, and the indoors is a sexy white temple of singles and locals sharing a private secret. The scoop is that a former chef from Cipriani, the charming chef Denis Franceschini, has imported his Italian cuisine to the Upper East Side. Behind an unassuming name of Bar Italia,...
Intimate Italian restaurant with quality Italian cuisine. The space is small, so plan for a wait or make a reservation. This is the place to get the risotto of the day, which makes all other risotto look like it came from an Uncle Ben's box. As for the weekend brunch, pancakes and a complementary glass of sangria doesn't exactly scream Italian food, but then again crowds don't line up for the...
Casual Italian fare on the Upper East Side.