"Solid" is the word on this "tucked-away" Harlem Italian supplying "tasty" pizza and pastas for "bang-for-the-buck" tabs in a "spread-out", brick-walled setting; "caring" servers distract from the "ear-ringing" noise, but night owls tout the "upstairs lounge."
Italian cuisine and a quasi-industrial, rustic ambiance in West Harlem .
Max peeps up the scale without ditching their successful m.o., i.e. rustic space, flavorful Italian food, reasonable prices. Big "den" with a farmhouse feel, thanks to exposed wood beams. Contemporary touches in concrete floors and tiered chandeliers. Open kitchen cranks out homemade pastas, top lasagna, gnocci, black linguine with crab. Wood-fired oven for crisp pies; we're partial to the...
Covo means “cave” in Italian, and coincidentally the location of Covo, under the West Side Highway and down steep steps from Riverside Park, can be considered very cavelike. But this covo has a wood-burning pizza and bread oven manned by a trained Neapolitan pizza maker, along with a very affordable menu of rustic Italian dishes. If you want to put that Neapolitan to the test, try the paesana...