Italian cooking with international touches
Our kitchen starts with traditional recipes and keeps the menu feeling current. The dining room is built for lingering.
The wine list has earned the Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. The bottles are racked downstairs in the Wine Cellar.
Dinner, brunch and a drink after
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Reserve a tableDinner
Tuesday to Thursday 5 to 10, Friday and Saturday 5 to 11, Sunday 3:30 to 9. Closed Mondays.
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See the menusSunday brunch
Prix-fixe from 11:30 to 2:30, $38 with one Bloody Mary or mimosa, on the Waterfront Veranda once it warms up.
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Explore the Blue LoungeDrinks after dinner
Cocktails, the raw bar and live music on Fridays in the Blue Lounge, just off the dining room.
From the dinner menu
- I · Antipasti
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Creamy burrata
Chilled seafood salad
Clams oreganata
Limoncello mussels
- II · Pasta
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Linguine and clams
Seafood risotto
Tagliatelle bolognese
Trofie pesto
- III · Secondi
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Chicken saltimbocca
Shrimp Santino
Seafood tasting
Pork chop Milanese
- IV · Bistecche e Costolette
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Cowboy ribeye, 20 oz
Cowgirl ribeye, 16 oz
T-bone, 22 oz
Drunken veal chop
Steaks and chops are Pat LaFrieda. The ribeyes and the T-bone are dry aged 45 days. Gluten-free penne is available on any pasta.
Live music through dinner
Anna Maria Villa sings in the dining room every Friday from 6:30 to 9:30pm. Born in Italy, she sings jazz standards, swing and the Great American Songbook in several languages.
On Sundays the Like Minds Trio plays from 5 to 8:30pm. Friday and Saturday nights, DJs take over the Blue Lounge from 9:30pm until midnight.
Questions about dinner
The restaurant
It’s a good idea on weekends. Book through OpenTable or call 718-843-8387.
Yes, whenever there’s room. The bar and the Blue Lounge are the easiest spots.
Yes. Three courses for $42 per person, Tuesday to Thursday 5 to 10 and Friday and Saturday 5 to 6. Tax, drinks and gratuity are extra.
Yes. Tuesday through Thursday, a 34 oz Pat LaFrieda dry-aged porterhouse for two comes with two sides for $120. It’s dine-in only.
Tuesday through Friday until 6 in the Blue Lounge: $8 wines by the glass and $12 cocktails, signatures excluded. From 4:30, $7 select appetizers and $2 oysters, six minimum.
Yes. There are gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan options.
On Wednesdays, every bottle $250 and under is half off. Corkage is available if you bring your own.
Practical
Business casual.
Yes. Our pastry chef makes celebration cakes to order. Call 718-843-8387 at least three days ahead with the cake and the number of guests.
Valet at the door is complimentary. Street parking runs along Cross Bay Boulevard, and guests coming by boat can tie up at the marina.
Yes. The building is wheelchair accessible, and the restrooms are gender-neutral.
Group dinners for twelve to fifty
Send the date and your party size, and we’ll set you up with a prix-fixe or family-style menu. Or call 718-843-8387 or email [email protected].