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HARRY’S BAR Worlds Coolest Restaurant

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ARIGO CIPRIANNI MIXES UP SOME BELLINI S ”INVENTED by HIS FATHER GIUSEPPE CIPRIANI”

The World’s Coolest Restaurant? Why, it’s Harry’s Bar,

Venice of course. Without a doubt. There is no contest for any to compete. Well many will beg to differ, but I know better, and better than most. No Brag, Just Fact! Let me tell you why.

If you are in any of the Great Renowned Cities of the World, cities such as; New York, Paris, Rome, Bangkok, Tokyo, London,

Hong Kong, wherever. There will in all these cities be a number of restaurants where the In-Crowd, the Jet-Set, Those in The Know, the Movers-and-Shakers of the World will go to. There are usually at least 6 to 12 restaurants for those in the know to go to. For example, if you are in my City, New York and you are one of these people, “Those In the Know,” you might go to any one of these restaurants. right now in the year 2011 these restaurants would be; Minetta Tavern,

Bar Pitti, The Waverly Inn, Pastis, Momofuku Ssam, The Standard Grill, John Dory at The Ace Hotel, and at least 6 others. Same goes for LA, London, Paris, Rome, and so-on.

In Venice there are many restaurants, but really just one more or less that “Everyone Who is Anyone” will go when in town. One, that one is “Harry’s Bar.” No other restaurant in the World quite like it. If you are of the Jet Set, The In Crow, those “In-The-Know,” you’ll know one thing for sure, when you go to Harry’s Bar you will be amongst the all of

The “in Crowd” will be there and nowhere else. Well this is a bit of an exaggeration to make a point, but this point is true 85% of the time.

And of the place, Harry’s Bar, Venice. And i keep saying Harry’s bar Venice, for it is thee only one, but there are many others around the World with the same name. There is only one Great “Harry’s Bar” and that is Harry’s Bar, Venice at the Vaporetto stop of San Marco.

Yes, and of Harry’s. The restaurant is Wonderful. It has a beautiful casual elegance in the decor. The place is always filled with the “Beautiful People,” the service is great, and the food Fabulous. Though at a price. Harry’s bar is very expensive. For some this is of no consequence, but if it is expensive for you, it is definitely worth a splurge. The place is awesome.

After-All, they invented the “Bellini” Cocktail here. And

Beef Carpaccio as well.

Over the years, everyone and everyone has passed through the doors; Kings, Queens, Presidents, Prime Ministers,

Rock Stars, Movie Stars, you name it. Too many to name, never-the-less, I will name some names; Ernest Hemingway, Grace Kelly, Onassis, Sir Winston Churchill, Humphrey Bogart, Mick Jagger, George Clooney, Jude Law, Gwyneth Palthrow and on-and-on. And you if you go, of course.

If you go to Harry’s Bar, you will Love it. The place is filled with quite a exciting energy. It’s a experience you’ll always remember. So, do remember, The World’s Coolest restaurnat, Harry’s Bar, Venice that is.

 

 by Daniel Bellino Zwicke

NEW YORK LOSES ANOTHER “JOE’S DAIRY” And THE BEST MOZZ In TOWN

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Yes folks,sad but true, Joe’s Dairy is closing. After 60 years in business, the beloved little Cheese Shop, a.k.a. “Jimmy The Cheeseman’s Store” from The Pope of Greenwich Village, will sell their last ball of fresh Home Made Mozzarella (The best in The City) at 6 PM today May, 11 2013, and New York and the Italian Community of South Greenwich Village loses but one more beloved institution.

This is particularly a major blow to we Italian-Americans who lost our much loved Rocco Restorante on Thompson Street in The Village last year. Rocco’s, after 90 years in Greenwich Village lost it’s lease last year and The Torissi Boys quickly swooped in to open “Carbone,” which promised to be a classic Old School Downtown New York Italian Red Sauce Joint like Rocco’s was, but with $50 Veal Parmigiano and $52 Veal Marsala on the menu, it just doesn’t seem so.

And so my friends we lose another beloved old New York Mom-and-Pop business to greed landlords.  It’s a Sin, and we all wish something could be done about this scourge. Bye-Bye Joe’s we’ll surely miss you there on Sullivan Street, and we’re gonna miss New York’s Best Mozz. So we’re do we go now? I still refuse to set food in that awful, overprice commercial enterprise Eataly, that’s for tourist and another type of person I will not mention. Guess I’ll have to walk down to DiPalo’s. Joe’s was only 2 blocks from my house. I’ll miss it so.

 

 

 

 

 

Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

 

 

 

CUOZZO GIVES CARBONE 2 STARS VEAL NOT THE BEST In THE CITY

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Finicky (Notoriously “Off The Mark”) New York Post Food Critic Steve Cuozzo gives Carbone a luke-warm 2 Stars and quotes The Godfather, saying” The Veal is not the Best in The City,” a line made famous by Al Litieri as Vrigil Sollozzo tells crooked New York City Police Captain McColskey, when he ask, “How’s the Italian Food in this restaurant (Louie’s)?” Solozzo tels him to get the Veal, it’s the best in the city. Well Cuozzo definitely didn’t think that of the Veal at Carbone.

Cuzzo on Carbone’s Pasta 

“Pasta monotonously lacked contrast or texture. Only one of six I tried rang the bell: modestly named, immodestly priced ($30) spaghetti de mare. The joy lay less in showoff elements like rock shrimp, bay scallops and razor clams, than in crackling tomato, garlic, chili, parsley and garlic. Most others evoked mediocre trattorias, especially dry and clumpy angel hair begging for more olive oil.”

Cuzzo on Carbone’s Clams:

Clams three ways batted .333; while oreganata clicked, neither lardo on top of casinos, nor sea urchin in a “fantasia” preparation was my idea of heaven.

Steve Cuozzo’s Fianl Statement on Carbone:

“A restaurant born of so much talent and expectation should dazzle us from inizio alla fine. Carbone flickers like a teasing moon through billows of pomp — in a town full of truly great Italian places, it’s an offer I’ll gently refuse.”

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Cuozzo Says Carbone’s $50.00 VEAL PARMIGIANO Is Enough for Two “But Not The Best in The CITY”

NEW YORK ITALIAN in La TAVOLA

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NEW YORK ITALIAN in La TAVOLA

NEW YORK ITALIAN-AMERICAN FAVORITES, Like; MEATBALLS, SUNDAY SAUCE,SPAGHETTI,SAUSAGE & PEPPERS, and …. ALL IN LA TAVOLA “ITALIAN-AMERICAN NEW YORKERS ADVENTURES of THE TABLE” …

NEW YORK’S BEST PIZZA IS IN BROOKLYN

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The Pizza Master Dom Demarco

New York’s Best Pizza is in Brooklyn. Anyone who is serious and really knows Pizza (not un-qualified  Pizza Aficionado Wannabe’s) knows that the best Pizza in New York, is in Brooklyn. Yes Manhattan has some good one; John’s, Patsy’s, and Lombardi’s, but for the Top Two, Top of The List Best Pizza in New York, thus “The Best in America” for the perfect 1-2 Punch of The Best Pizza in America & New York, head to Brooklyn for Totonno Pizza Napolitano on Neptune Avenue, Coney Island, Brooklyn New York and also don’t miss DiFarra Pizza on Avenue J in Brooklyn where “Pizza Master Dominic DeMarco” is hard at work, making Pizza all by himself. There is always a line out the door for an hour or more wait for one of Dom’s Masterpieces, a DiFarra Pizza, “Best Pizza In America.”

NEW YORK’S BEST CROISSANT

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NEW YORK'S BEST CROISSANT

NEW YORK’S BEST CROISSANTS Can Be Found at The HUNGARIAN PASTRY SHOP on MASTERDAM AVENUE at 113th STREET, NEW YORK, NY …

Ever wonder how has “The Best Croissant in Town,” The Town of New York, NY ???
That’s Easy! It’s The Hungarian Pastry Shop up in East Harlem on Amsterdam Avenue at 113th Street, New York, NY … It’s across the street from the fabulous Cathedral of Saint John The Divine, to me the Coolest and Most Beautiful Cathedral in the World. And can you believe “most New Yorker’s” don’t even know it exist, or have ever heard of it, “Amazing!”

The Hungarian Pastry Shop is a favorite of nearby Columbia University students as well as faculty I’m sure. Not many New Yorker’s know of this wonderful little gem of a Pastry Shop Cafe, other than neighborhood locals, Columbia Students and tourists that might be tempted to drop in for Coffee and taste pastries like Sour Cherry Strudel, Croissants, and Coffee or the Dobos Torte, a Hungarian specialty.

A great “Double-Header” and wonderful way to spend a fine weekend day would be to take a train from wherever you might live in New York City, or if you’re a tourist, take the 1 Train to 116th Street/Columbia University and walk 4 block to 113th and Amsterdam Avenue. Go inside the incredibly beautiful Cathedral of St. John The Divine. Take a tour if possible, or just walk around, sit and contemplate, maybe pray, and just enjoy the beauty and grandeur before you. Take at least a half-hour, an hour or more, you won’t get bored. When you’re finished, go across the street for a coffee and pastry, or the best Croissant in town. Grab a table, sit back, relax and enjoy. And all for just about $10 to $15 total. You couldn’t have a better time, nor see more beauty, or get a a better croissant, not even for 15 Hundred. Believe me!

PS The equally beautiful Riverside Cathedral is only a few blocks from Cathedral of St. John Divine is another beautiful Cathedral, The Riverside Cathedral on Riverside Drive at 119th Street .. And 3 blocks up at Riverside Drive and 122nd Street you’ll find the answer and evidence to that age-old question, “Where is Grant Buried?” In Grant’s Tomb Yes, which is at 122nd Street and Riverside Drive overlooking The Hudson River in Manhattan, New York, NY … How Bout That?

GAEL GREENE GOES To WRONG CARBONE in HELLS KITCHEN

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The Carbone Before Carbone? What? There has been quite a bit of confusion of late in the New York and New York Italian Restaurant World … The confusion is of Carbone and Carbone, Carbone Restorante of 38th Street in New York’s Hells Kitchen and Carbone, thee “Carbone” of 181 Thompson Street in Greenwich Village … As of this moment, Saturday March 30, 2013 thee # 1 Hottest Restaurant in Town, the restaurant of-the-moment and the one who is making all kind of noise in the Press, on the Internet and other media outlets is the Carbone on Thompson Street in the old “Rocco’s Restaurant Space” in Greenwich Village, which that right there has caused quite a lot of commotion. The fat that the so-called Torrisi Boys took over the old and beloved Old-School New York Italian Red-Sauce Joint “Rocco’s” has caused quite a stir.
For those of you who might not know, “The Torrisi Boys” are the team of Rich Torrisi, Mario Carbone, and Jeff Zalaznich, with Zalaznick the so-called “Money Man” and Carbone and Torrisi the Restaurant Guys and Chefs. This team exploded onto the scene about three years ago with their first place Torrisi Italian Specialties on Mulberry Street. The Guys had a great idea and concept. Torrisi Italian Specialties was a small place that barely sat about 30 people, I beleive. It was operated as a sort-of Italian-Deli during the day, selling mostly; Chicken Parm Sandwiches, Meatball Parms, and there famous Fresh Roast Turkey Sandwiches and other sandwiches, along with a couple soups and a few pastas. In the evening the place operated as a restaurant with one option a Five-Course Set Menu for $55 … Both the lunch (daytime) and Dinner as the 5 Course Meal were excellent. Torrisi Italian Specialties quickly became a immediate and huge success as well as the two Co/Chef Owners Mario Carbone and Rich Torrisi became huge as Chef Personalities and media-darlings. Yes Torrisi was a great success and it was less than a year and a half when this team opened a second place next door, called “Parm” which served at both lunch and dinner the kind of food the original Torrisi Italian Specialties served just for lunch, Italian and Italian-American Classic, with a Chinese Ribs thrown in as a a quirky special. Once the opened the 2nd place Parm next door, they turned their first place Torrisi Italian Specialties into set menu dinner only restaurant with no more Lunch Time Italian Deli, that was Parm next door.
OK, move forward a couple years. The much loved Red-Sauce Classic Rocco’s Restorante on Thompson Street is losing their lease. The landlord as in so many sad New York “Greedy Lanlord” stories jacks-up Rocco’s Rent to a point where they can not afford to stay in business. Rocco’s had been doing good business, but not gang-busters and not enough to support the huge rent increase, they lose their lease. In move The Torrisi Boys, Mario Carbone, Rich Torrisi, and Jeff Zalaznick. They sign a lease, and plan on opening what they call a 1950′s Downtown New York Old School Italian Restaurant. They renovate the old Rocco’s leaving the great old neon sign and superimposing in Neon Letters “Carbone,” some locals, any of whom are hard-core old-school Italians from the neighborhood “Don’t Like It.” There’s much action and talk on the internet on food and restaurant sites like, Grub Street, Eater, Chowhound and such. The talk on Carbone is both positive and negative.
Carbone opens to much fanfare in mid March 2013 to mixed reviews and comments on Eater, Chowhound and such. Carbone becomes the hottest ticket in town restaurant-wise. Many want to eat there and check it out. Tables are hard to come by, now the confusion. It seems as though “Carbone” is not the only Carbone in town? There’s another one, and it’s in midtown on 38th Street in Hells Kitchen, New York. It’s own by an Italain from Italy, who has never head of Mario Carbone the Chef/Owner who the Greenwich Village restaurant Carbone is named after. Some people trying to get reservations and don’t know any better, go on Open Table or call up the Hells Kitchen Carbone and get a reservation, “No Problem.” But they get a reservation for a table at the wrong Carbone, not the one they were intending. Even the famed long time New York City restaurant critic Gael Greene made this mistake. So what’s a person to do?
GAEL GREEN MAKES A MISTAKE at CARBONE
GAEL GREENE’S TWITTER TWEET  @GaelGreeneSpent 20 minutes at wrong Carbone lasngt.Finally grumpy owner there gave me address of THE Essential new Carbone, Missed seeing TonyBennett.

EATER Guest Comments about Gael Greene at “Wrong” Carbone:   
GUEST Comment 1 :  

She probably would have had a better dinner if she stayed at her first stop.

GUEST Comment 2 :  Step 1:   Go to Hell’s Kitchen Carbone.                                     

Step 2:   Create a Yelp account.                                     

Step 3:   Review Old Carbone and Post to New CARBONE.

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GUEST Comment 3 :   Perhaps she went to all the wrong restaurants?                                     That would mean that all her Reviews are Wrong!?
GUEST Comment 4 :   DUMBASS !!!!

ABOUT The HELL’S KITCHEN CARBONE: From Their Website .. 

 

Carbone Ristorante Italiano has been in business for many years in Rome, Italy and now in business for 2 years in Manhattan, NY. Just a few minutes from Times Square and in heart of the Fashion District adjacent to Hell’s Kitchen is one of New York’s best kept secrets. The authentic Italian dishes not only focus on traditional Roman plates, but lets you taste a little bit of all regions of Italy. The owner and manager, Max (Italian Mastiff) are both from Rome. The staff is Italian which adds to your experience while feeling like you’re in Italy. 


Carbone has a great selection of Italian wines and liquors and a beautiful backyard where you 
can relax and enjoy our homemade desserts. 

Buon appetito!

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HELLS KITCHEN CARBONE on 38th STREET,New York, NY

READ of NEW YORK and GREENWICH VILLAGE ITALIAN-AMERICAN; The Food, The People, Restaurants, PIZZERIAS, CAFFES

READ of NEW YORK and GREENWICH VILLAGE ITALIAN-AMERICAN; The Food, The People, Restaurants, PIZZERIAS, CAFFES

                                 

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                                              Captain Making a Caeser Salad at The Right CARBONE !

                                              Did Gael get  One?