Piora Restaurant Review:
There's a refined effortlessness that surrounds the food and service at Piora. Beginning with the understated dining room and gracious hosts, you know a tremendous amount of thought went into every detail. But the reason you're here is because chef Chris Cipollone is a wizard with vegetables. Take his market salad, which at any given time can number over twenty kinds, some cooked, some raw,...
A "lovely" "find" that "buzzes with good energy", this "wonderfully inventive" New American "sleeper" in the West Village showcases Korean and Italian influences in its "perfection-on-a-plate" menu; "attentive but not intrusive" service and a "romantic" setting help distract from the "expensive" tariffs.