These 6 on the map
The 6 restaurants on this page, pinned where they actually are. Tap a marker to see which one it is — all 20 are on the map in the Whosly app.
New York Italian
The old red-sauce rooms are in East Harlem, Nolita and Brooklyn. The newer pasta rooms are mostly in the West Village and Williamsburg.
6 of the 20
Via Carota
West Village$$$Rita Sodi and Jody Williams' Grove Street osteria cooks without a break, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. (from 10 Friday to Sunday). Start with the insalata verde.
Don Angie
West Village$$$Angie Rito and Scott Tacinelli's Italian-American room, where the lasagna for two (sausage bolognese, whipped robiolina) is the order. The bar opens half an hour before dinner.
Carbone
Greenwich Village$$$$Major Food Group's 2013 original on Thompson Street, under the old Rocco sign: tuxedoed captains and red-sauce signatures. Lunch Tuesday to Sunday; corkage is $110 a bottle.
Rezdôra
Flatiron$$$Stefano Secchi's ode to Emilia-Romagna, built on house-made pasta: tagliolini al ragù, anolini in Parmigiano sauce, a tasting of five ages of Parmigiano.
Lilia
Williamsburg$$$Missy Robbins' Williamsburg room: wood-grilled seafood and handmade pasta like mafaldini with pink peppercorn. Doors at 4 p.m. Friday to Sunday.
Bamonte's
Williamsburg$$Pasquale Bamonte opened it on Withers Street in 1900, and the family still runs the room: old-school red-sauce cooking in one of Brooklyn's oldest restaurants.
The other 14
The 20 are spread across 11 neighborhoods. West Village (6), Nolita (4) and Williamsburg (2) have the most; Carroll Gardens, Columbia Waterfront, East Harlem, Flatiron, Greenwich Village, NoHo, Park Slope and South Williamsburg have one each.
+14 more in the app
A Tuscan room with a flagstone garden off Grove Street, a Major Food Group dining room in the Puck Building, a family-run East Harlem room since 1896, $15 Roman pastas early on weeknights by the Brooklyn waterfront, and more.
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Common questions
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All 20, on your own map
This page is 6 of them. The NYC Italian pack in Whosly has all 20 — add it and every one drops onto your map, ready to save, rate and turn into a plan your friends RSVP to from a text, no app needed to answer. The pack is included with Planner Pro.
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