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Dec 19, 2023 · Emilio's Ballato. Emilio’s is off the beaten path on the northernmost edge of Little Italy. Inside, find a dining room filled with character — framed photos crowd the walls, while owner and...
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May 22, 2023 · Mulberry St. Bar (1908) This Little Italy haunt was established over a hundred years ago on Mulberry Street in 1908 as a small bar called Mare Chiaro. Its rich history as one of the oldest bars in NYC remains in its original subway tile floor, wooden bar, and pressed-tin ceiling. The bar stayed in the same family for a couple of generations ...
- Casa Bella
- Da Nico
- IL Cortile
- La Nonna
- Lunella
- Umberto’s Clam House
Casa Bellais one of the more upscale dining options in Little Italy. Yet it feels understated because the walls are not covered with pictures of every New York Yankee, movie star, and former NYC mayor who ever dined here (an aesthetic you’ll encounter at many Italian restaurants around New York). Ask Brooklyn native and owner Adele “Bitsie” Gallo w...
Da Nicois the one Little Italy restaurant where you should insist on sitting inside. Based on the red doors and sign above the main entrance, one can be forgiven for thinking that this is just another of the two-dozen Italian restaurants along Mulberry Street. But the further in you go, the more awe-inspiring it is. After entering Da Nico, you’ll s...
Each room has a different vibe at Il Cortile. This is the kind of place where tourists mix with locals, and you can easily tell the former from the latter. Film buffs might be aware that Il Cortile is the spot where the Sopranos cast held going away parties when a member’s character got whacked. But the connection runs even deeper than that. Former...
Italian for ‘grandmother,’ La Nonnaaims to remind patrons of grandma’s cooking. This upscale white tablecloth Southern Italian restaurant has been on the block for thirty years. Prior to La Nonna, owner Perry Criscitelli ran Pellegrino’s, which you can still see remnants of both on the menu and throughout the restaurant. There are dozens of veal, c...
Named after co-founder and Puglia native Lunella Russo, this is one of the few restaurants in Little Italy that opened after 2000. At Lunella, every dish seems to have a story. And while most menus in the area can feel overwhelming as if to say, “we have everything here,” the two-sided menu at Lunella plays all the hits. Lasagna al forno and artich...
If you’re not from the area and only know one Little Italy restaurant, it’s probably Umberto’s. The current 100-capacity location is just a stone’s throw from the original one at the intersection of Hester and Mulberry. People come here for the seafood. There’s a wooden helm on each side of the dining room. And the main wall is painted ocean blue. ...
Feb 20, 2015 · An Italian boy on his way to school in New York, taken between 1910 and 1915. A street musician and a cop on Mulberry Street, 1897. Notice the banks in the background. Â Mulberry Street was known as ‘the Italian Wall Street’ for all the banks which assisted in Italians saving and sending home their earnings. Â (Courtesy Museum of City of ...
Art & Heritage. Legends of Little Italy: Must-Try Italian Restaurants in NYC. Share. Sep 20, 2017 1493. On narrow, ancient streets downtown you’ll find one of the most vibrant places in Manhattan: Little Italy. Childhood home of director Martin Scorsese and inspiration for The Godfather, Little Italy remains a vital destination for visitors to NYC.
Feb 22, 2011 · By Sam Roberts. Feb. 21, 2011. In 1950, nearly half of the more than 10,000 New Yorkers living in the heart of Little Italy identified as Italian-American. The narrow streets teemed with children ...
