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Naples (Italy)

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    The Amazing Baked Potato Pizza at Peter Zaaz

    Have you ever seen such a colorful pie? Click on image to enlarge. No product better represents this era in the city's restaurants than the pizza. Incessantly glamorized by food journalists, pizzas are cheap to make even when the ingredients are relatively expensive. While we most of us tend to ce ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 11, 2012

    Zero Otto Nove: Rabbit, Run!

    A Salerno-style spot does both Belmont and the Flatiron district

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    This Week in the Voice: Sandhogs Under Second Avenue

    This week in the Voice, out today: Sean Manning follows the Second Avenue sandhogs: "Here for 470 million years there had been rock, there are now two 20-foot diameter, butter-smooth concrete tubes--a giant, mile-long double-barrel shotgun buried 100 feet below the Upper East Side... Scant attention ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2012

    10 Naples-Style Margherita Pizzas Quiz: The Results

    The Trianon, of Naples, Italy This past Thursday, Fork in the Road put up a pizza quiz in which we offered photos of 10 margherita pies, all of them claiming to represent, in some way or another, the true pizza of Naples. Two of the pizzas were actually from Naples, and all of the others were from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    This Week's Specials: 10 Best West Village Restaurants, Pizza Challenge

    See what we've been up to at Fork in the Road this week: Robert Sietsema updates his 10 best West Village restaurants list for 2012. He also throws out a challenge to distinguish among Naples-style pizzas in New York, San Francisco, and Naples itself. Check out the quiz. Lauren Bloomberg tells ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Will the True Pizza of Naples Please Stand Up? A Pie Quiz

    The unprepossessing facade of Naples' wonderful Da Michele Every tiny expensive pizza these days wants to be considered the true pie of Naples, and some have the certificates to prove it. Well, I went to Naples a few years back to see what the pizza is really like on its home turf. Really, they ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Our 10 Best East Village Restaurants, 2012 Edition

    These chicken chile guajillo enchiladas at Downtown Bakery are every bit as good -- and spicy -- as they look. The East Village may be the city's most eclectic and rewarding dining destination, though this aspect of the neighborhood is sometimes eclipsed by its bars and cocktail lounges. You can d ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 22, 2012

    Barboncino: Naples Staples

    Crown Heights gets its own fancy Italian pizza parlor

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    3 Best Pizzas at Barboncino, Plus a Spectacular App

    ​Artichoke and Smoked Pancetta Pizza -- This beauty makes lavish use of whole, oil-soaked artichokes, which are the long-stemmed roses of pizzerias. The smoked Italian bacon adds a high note, and the whole is engulfed in creamy mozzarella. This week Counter Culture jumps in yet another wood ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Seven Spots to Eat a Feast of the Seven Fishes

    Andy Ciordia/FlickrExpect fish, fish, fish, and more fish.​ Christmas is a-coming, and while the kiddies might be all excited about Santa Claus's visit, the more food-focused will be looking forward to the Feast of the Seven Fishes, one of the most gluttonous culinary traditions of the season. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Make PizzArte's Pasta alla Genovese, Like Chef Pasquale Cozzolino

    What better way to recover from the caloriefest that was Thanksgiving than with a hearty bowl of pasta? (OK, there are probably plenty of better ways, but why not keep the carboloading going just a little bit longer?) Chef Pasquale Cozzolino of PizzArte shares the recipe for his Pasta alla Genovese. ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 28, 2011

    Osteria Cotta Boots Up

    A new osteria gives you a little bit of a lot of Italy

  • Voice Choices

    September 28, 2011

    Marriage, Italian Style

    A new osteria gives you a little bit of a lot of Italy

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Movers & Shakers: More Foreign Transplants and One New York Export

    photo by Liz BarclayGoing to Miami.​It's that time of year again, when the food media begin to obsess and chitter over the restaurants set to open in the fall. Among the forthcoming newcomers is more than a handful of foreign transplants, restaurants from other countries that hope to translate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Neapolitan Pizza, Demystified

    ​Earlier this week, we heard that Kesté's Roberto Caporuscio is teaming up with Antonio Starita, proprietor of Naples' legendary Pizzeria Starita, to open Don Antonio, a Neapolitan pizzeria in Hell's Kitchen. Its birth is one that will doubtless be breathlessly anticipated by pizza fanat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Kesté to Team up With Naples' Pizzeria Starita to Open Don Antonio in Midtown

    Kesté PizzeriaBuon giorno, midtown.​Save for the closure of Motorino's Williamsburg location, it's been a quiet summer on the Neapolitan pizza front. But no longer: this fall, Kesté owner Roberto Caporuscio will partner with Antonio Starita, the owner of Naples' 110-year-old Pizz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Open and Closed: Say Hello to Pour George, Goodbye to Wall Street Burger Shoppe

    Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. Bravo Gianni, a go-to Midtown Northern Italian, has closed after nearly 30 years in operation due to the chef and owner, Gianni Garavelli, suffering a stroke. [NY Times] Cosmos Diner, which ha ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 22, 2011

    900 Degrees' Pie in the Sky

    A one-stop pizza place in the West Village tries to give you everything

  • Film

    June 22, 2011

    Let's Go, Naples: John Turturro as Musical Tour Guide in Passione

    A one-stop pizza place in the West Village tries to give you everything

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Sietsema Judges Plethora of Pizzas at 900 Degrees; Shockey Spends Big at Bouley's Brushstroke

    No, 900 Degrees isn't a new boyband; it's the Greenwich Village offshoot of a San Francisco pizzeria, where the Voice's Robert Sietsema was a bit overwhelmed by the six different categories of pizza, from the fantastic Naples pies to the "rib-sticking, but unremarkable" thick Sicilian pies to the gi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Monte's Will Reopen in Early June

    Timmy Caldwell/Flickr​The second incarnation of Monte's is nigh: the Italian restaurant, which sat on Carroll Street for 102 years before closing in 2008, is scheduled to re-open in early June.

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Five Dishes Worth Traveling From Anywhere To Get

    ​The steamed fish head with pickled chili sauce is a Hunanese miracle. Reviewing restaurants requires a long lag time, and two or three months often separate the first time I visit a place and when the critique appears in print. But sometimes, dishes are so exciting, that I can't wait to tel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    On Sara Jenkins' Italy Trip, Expect Unfettered Pasta Consumption

    orsorama/Flickr​Last week, we learned that Sara Jenkins will be leading a trip to Italy later this year. She's since provided us with a few more details.

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Lievito's Unique Northern Italian Pizzas

    ​The Wurstel is topped with German sausages that look and taste a lot like hot dogs. WTF? This week, Counter Culture examines Lievito, a new pizzeria in the West Village where the pies reflect Northern Italian flavor preferences. The handsome tiled oven produces a range of pies -- many with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Resto Apocalypse Reversed on Hudson Street

    ​ 581 Hudson Street -- Before: Most recently occupied by Italian restaurant Valdino West, and 30 years before that by Trattoria D'Alfredo, a favoite of James Beard's; After: Now occupied by Mediterranean restaurant Meme (not to be confused with the Philadelphia restaurant of the same name), wh ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 17, 2010

    Donatella--Noted Glamour Hound--Coaxes Excellent Pizzas

    Her new Chelsea restaurant also has a stealth Sicilian agenda

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Robert Sietsema at Donatella

    This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema has a lot of love for the pies at Donatella: "Of all the places in town making the laughable assertion that they're re-creating 'the true pie of Naples' (some even have a certificate from Verace Pizza Napoletana to prove it!), Donatella's comes closest." Sam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Our 10 Best NYC Pizzerias, 2010 Edition

    ​Not on the menu, but always available, Roberta's guanciale-and-egg pie demonstrates some of the place's strange but effective ideas about pizza. New York has always been the world capital of pizza, ever since the pie-as-we-know-it was invented at Lombardi's bakery sometime before 1905. That ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday

    Welcome to The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday, where we endeavor to remember the very best thing we stuffed down our gullets over the past 24 hours. Why? Because the only thing better than enjoying a meal is wallowing in the memory of one savored in the recent past. Today's fond reminiscences ... Chan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2010

    The Street Food of the 2010 San Gennaro Festival, NYC -- A Visitor's Guide

    ​Patron saint of Naples, San Gennaro casts his eyes heavenward, in despair over the preponderance of fried food at his festival. San Gennaro (English: Saint Januarius) is the patron saint of Naples, Italy, a Catholic bishop who was martyred in the Diocletianic Persecution of 305. The festival ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 1, 2010

    Fall Guide: Let Burning Lumber Do the Cooking

    Ten NYC restaurants that stoke the oven with wood&emdash;how autumnal!

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Tiella Brings Italian, Cast-Iron Pans to the Upper East Side

    Scialatielli is on the menu at Tiella.​The Shake Shack isn't the only place to celebrate its official opening today: Up on East 61st Street, Tiella has also opened its doors.

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Donatella Arpaia Graduates From Pizza School in Naples

    Donatella kneads this.​Donatella Arpaia is about a month away from opening her eponymous Chelsea pizzeria. Yesterday, Slice posted some images of the oven curing process, a 15-day stretch during which fires are lit in the oven daily to drive out residual moisture from the pores of a new brick ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 24, 2010

    Street Angel

    Donatella kneads this.​Donatella Arpaia is about a month away from opening her eponymous Chelsea pizzeria. Yesterday, Slice posted some images of the oven curing process, a 15-day stretch during which fires are lit in the oven daily to drive out residual moisture from the pores of a new brick ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 17, 2009

    Voyage to Italy

    Donatella kneads this.​Donatella Arpaia is about a month away from opening her eponymous Chelsea pizzeria. Yesterday, Slice posted some images of the oven curing process, a 15-day stretch during which fires are lit in the oven daily to drive out residual moisture from the pores of a new brick ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 3, 2008

    Óbiká Mozzarella Bar, Where Buffalo Roam

    Surreal white blobs invade a midtown glass skyscraper

  • NYC Life

    January 31, 2006

    In the Mood for Love

    Strangers on a train: She enters the cabin at Naples. I smile and nod, wondering if I should've shaved.

  • Dining

    January 24, 2006

    Humble Pie

    New Yorker discovers the true pizza of Naples

  • Dance

    June 14, 2005

    A Danish Treasure Trove

    Bournonville's worlds of realism and romantic fantasy seen in new light

  • Theater

    April 19, 2005

    That's Italian?

    TFANA revives a Neapolitan comedy with living ghosts

  • NYC Life

    February 22, 2005

    The Dip Hits the Fan

    Pizza battle gets ugly

  • Film

    February 15, 2005

    Film

    Pizza battle gets ugly

  • Dining

    November 9, 2004

    True Pizza

    Pizza niches filled in underserved Billyburg and the E.V.

  • Dining

    June 1, 2004

    Worth the Splurge

    Top 100 Italian Restaurants

  • Film

    April 20, 2004
  • Dining

    November 12, 2002

    Kitchenless

    Top 100 Italian Restaurants

  • Dining

    November 27, 2001

    Rome, Romance, Romano

    Top 100 Italian Restaurants

  • Dining

    November 28, 2000

    Brrrrrrrr!

    Top 100 Italian Restaurants

  • Books

    January 25, 2000

    Street-Fighting Man

    Top 100 Italian Restaurants

  • Dining

    December 21, 1999
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