Sitting on a TriBeCa corner, L’Angolo (means angle in Italian) is a popular Italian restaurant that I discovered few years ago. As we were in the area on a Saturday afternoon, we decided to stop by and see if we could get a table. With their outside setup, it was not a problem, and I was even surprised to see people eating inside in a beautiful day.

I started the meal with an Aperol Spritz, enjoying the sweet and bitter taste of this popular drink.

Then, we tried few specials that they smartly added on their e-menu, instead of having the wait staff repeating to each table what the night specials are, more often to deaf ears. We started with their fiori di Zucca, that are zucchini flowers stuffed with ricotta and dipped fried tempura style, served with a tomato sauce and zucchini. It reminded me the zucchini flower beignets that you can eat in Nice, if ever you go to the south of France.

The second special was the truffle pasta. It was homemade tagliolini accompanied by pecorino and topped with black truffle, a good amount of it. The smell of black truffle filled our nose before we dived in a deliciously decadent dish, the pasta being perfectly cooked al dente.

I also got my own dish that is on the regular menu: linguine del mare. These homemade linguine, also cooked al dente, were served with mussels, clams, shrimp and calamari, in a light tomato sauce made with white wine that definitely let the pasta and seafood shine. Sublime!

We did not get dessert, the day being filled with ice cream and donuts, but also because the kitchen seemed a bit overwhelmed and, at that time, we finally decided to skip it. Still, this place serves delicious food and I will certainly be back there.

Enjoy (I did)!

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L’Angolo -190 A Duane St, New York, NY 10013

L’Angolo in TriBeCa

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