Casa Bella Ristorante
Casa Bella, in the heart of Little Italy on Mulberry Street, has been serving authentic Italian cuisine since 1979. Three dining rooms, a bar and outside seating for 80 people from May through October ensures that you will find a seat at this restaurant. The restaurant serves lunch and dinner and, for parties of 15 people or more, a prix fixe menu. Appetizers like ravioli fritti with vine ripe tomato sauce start your meal off right, and entrees like house-made pappardelle with wild mushrooms and tomatoes, house-made fettuccine with salmon, and veal flambeed with cognac in a tomato cream sauce provide an authentic homemade Italian meal. There is also an extensive wine and martini list available.
Casa Bella Ristorante
127 Mulberry St
NY, NY 10013
(212) 431-4080
casabellarestaurant.com
Il Cortile
This Zagat-rated restaurant offers lunch and dinner as well as catering and party menus. Chef Michael DeGeorgio, an acclaimed Italian chef, prepares appetizers, such as eggplant rollatine, fried calamari, and fried mozzarella, as well as entrees like oricchiette with roasted eggplant, tomatoes and ricotta; gnocchi stuffed with chicken, spinach and mascarpone; and chicken in a champagne cream sauce.
Il Cortile
125 Mulberry St
NY, NY 10013
(212) 226-6060
ilcortile.com
Angelo of Mulberry Street
This restaurant, with a branch in Little Italy in Manhattan and another one in Florida, has been serving Neopolitan cuisine since 1902, according to the restaurant website. Appetizers include mouthwatering octopus salad in lemon and garlic sauce, fried calamari, and fried mozzarella in a special Romana sauce to start your meal off on the right foot. Follow these with an entree of half-moon ravioli in a cream tomato sauce; filet mignon with garlic, mixed vegetables, new potatoes and a special house sauce; or eggplant stuffed with mozzarella and ricotta, topped with house-made tomato sauce. These are only a sampling of the extensive entrees available here. There are also daily specials and a detailed wine list. You can even take a little bit of Little Italy back home with you wherever you live; the restaurant's homemade sauces are available to purchase, along with recipes of some of its meals on the website.
Angelo of Mulberry Street
146 Mulberry St
NY, NY 10013
(212) 966-1277
angelomulberry.com
