i would not recommend this place...lot of out of towners (no offense), but not as authentic of an experience. went there for a bachelor party dinner for a friend who lives in NJ (i live in downtown manhattan myself) if u cant get into il mulino (likely you won't), go to il giglio. another place that is very good is del posto (new Batali–Bastianich)

No offense taken, to each his own. I have a vowel at the end of my name and I love the place. I have never seen a tourist crowd there and I've been going there for over 25 years.

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You now have two IL Giglio recommendations.

Their are a number of good restaurants in Little Italy but they can be over run by tourist at times even though italians go to them.

I have three recommendations for great, authentic, inexpensive, but incredible restaurants in lower manhattan.

1) Benito's II in Little Italy, on Mulberry between Spring and Grand. Not to be confused with Benito's I across the street.
order:
1) Stuffed Artichoke
2) Baked Clams
3) Spedini (it's delicious)
4) Stuffed Mushrooms
5) Chicken Scapraelli with sausage over angel hair pasta with garlic sauce
6) Linguini White Clam Sauce

Second restaurant -
2) Joe's Shanghai. On Pell St. in Chinatown just off of Bowery.
They make these things called soup dumplings where they make pot stickers with hot soup enclosed in em. When you eat em, they explode with flavor.. I prefer the pork over the mixed (mixed is pork and crab.)

Lastly, for only a $15-$20 cab ride over to Brooklyn (from Soho, the cab ride should be cheap, your just going over the bridge), you MUST, MUST, MUST, MUST, MUST go to the best steak house EVER.. PETER LUGER'S STEAK HOUSE... It is simply amazing and worth the cab ride and wait..


Btw, all three of these restaurants are casual and affordable.

Good luck and let me know what you liked.
B

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ayyy filli pontes...owner is best friends with my grandfather....good guys down there

Has anyone been to Babbo? This is one of Mario Batali's places, I believe it's in the West Village.

http://www.babbonyc.com/

1. Gotham Bar & Grill: one of the top 10 restaurants in the city for food, decor and service. E. 12th near University Place. Can make reservations through OpenTable.com. Takes 2-3 weeks to get a reservation.

2. Balthazar: on Spring Street in SoHo. Takes 2-3 weeks to get a reservation, and have to call the restaurant directly -- they're not on OpenTable.com.

1) Kittichai.. google it... awesome tai fusion.
2) Sammy's Romanian Steakhouse .. google it.
3) You must try Katz Deli on Houston
4) Tao .. google it.

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yup 2

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