If you can handle big noise, Tuscany-by-way-of-Disneyland décor (featuring walls of Chianti basket bottles that they serve carafe wines in), and a rambunctious (and very tall) crowd (including the designer Betsey Johnson on my last visit, but she’s not so tall), Morandi, Keith McNally’s year-old restaurant in the West Village, is worth a trip, for its fresh, uncomplicated Italian cooking, with some very diet-friendly small dishes scattered throughout the menu. This is a big improvement on the establishment that formerly occupied the address, an always empty, accept for the owner and a few of his buddies, Russian-run “Italian” cafe. Whatever life was lurking in that creepy place was all under the surface. At Morandi, on the other hand, everything is on the table. (more…)
Archive for March 15th, 2008
Sticking to Your Italian Diet on Waverly Place
Posted in Restaurant and Product Reviews on March 15, 2008| 1 Comment »
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