I joined a client and some of his staff yesterday at Bar Stuzzichini, a trendy Italian bar/restaurant in Manhattan’s Flatiron District for a business lunch. I love eating Italian in NYC, be it on Mulberry Street in Little Italy or up on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, I’ve *never* been disappointed with flavor and have never left hungry. Bar Stuzzichini was no exception when it came to flavor– everything was delicious.
I ordered their version of tapas called Stuzzichini Misti and chose three items for $14 – polpette (meatballs), arancini (rice balls), and caponata (a tomato-eggplant spread for bread.) When it arrived, it consisted of 6 teeny meatballs, 3 rice balls the size of gum balls, and two tiny bread slices with a thin spread of caponata. They couldn’t be serious. I thought of sweeping for hidden cameras. When no one popped out from under the table, I realized this was my lunch.
Getting ready to leave I was wondering where to go for the rest of my lunch. The waiter brought the dessert menu though, and I was like, whew, that’s better! I ordered the sfogiatelle – a pastry which I was really looking forward to. It came, delicious again, but 1/4 the size of any earlier sfogliatelle I’ve ever eaten. Sigh.
We exited the restaurant, said our goodbyes, and I then found a Zaro’s just a block south. Yeah! CARLOS
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