Giovanni Venti Cinque
Giovanni Venti Cinque is an Italian restaurant located a few blocks from the Metropolitan Museum. The ambiance is a little dark, but candlelight from behind stained glass provides a comforting feel. The dishes have a Northern Italian influence, meaning you can expect a bold use of traditional spices and very complex flavors from the sauces. Some of the traditional dishes include Pappardelle with truffle sauce, roasted quail, and of course multiple pasta dishes such as ravioli pasta made from hand. For individuals who like traditional Italian cooking, Giovanni Venti Cinque is a good choice close to the Metropolitan Museum.
Giovanni Venti Cinque
25 E. 83rd St.
New York, NY 10028-0421
212-988-7300
Kefi Restaurant
Kefi Restaurant is a Greek restaurant and tavern that offers a wide array of special dishes based on traditional cuisine. A tavern takes up most of one wall, with a large wine display behind it. The other wall is lined with wooden tables and chairs. The ambiance invokes a feeling of being in Greece, with solid wood supports showing and white stucco walls channeling the Mediterranean in the middle of New York City. Some classic specialty dishes include baccala, grilled octopus, hilopita, and tsoutsoukakia. The tsoutsoukakia were voted by New York Magazine as New York's Best Meatballs in 2007. There are well over 50 Greek wines available to complement the meal, or dessert wines for afterward.
Kefi Restaurant
505 Columbus Ave.
New York, NY 10024
212-873-0200
kefirestaurant.com
Heidelberg Restaurant
The Heidelberg Restaurant is a short cab ride away from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and this German Beer Garden and restaurant is a favorite of locals and tourists alike. The Heidelberg is open seven days a week. There are eight choices of beer, all of them are from Germany, and the portions come in sizes that range from 1/3 of a liter up to two liters. Some traditional German dishes served here include potato pancakes and apple sauce, hot roast pork with sauerkraut, pork schnitzel, sausage platters and homemade apple strudel with whipped cream. The ambiance reflects a very German theme throughout the restaurant and beer garden, for quality German food very close to the Metropolitan.
The Heidelberg Restaurant
1648 2nd Ave.
New York, NY 10028-3111
212-628-2332
heidelbergrestaurant.com
Article Written By Monty Dayton
Monty Dayton is a professional freelance writer who has worked for the ACLU, Touchstone Publishing LLC, the University of Alaska, Fairbanks and many other employers. He holds a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of Alaska and loves writing about travel, the outdoors and health topics.
