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Ristoro Del Cinghiale

Ristoro Del Cinghiale

122 E 27th St, 10016, New York, United States

Meat • Wine • Ribs • Pasta


"I 've been a fan of i Trulli for years, but also spent two nights during my last trip to Florence seeking out a cinghiale dinner. Apparently, I was seeking cinghialle during the wrong season in Florence, but was delighted to discover quality cinghialle now available in NYC. I started with Negroni #6 which had really interesting botanicals I 'd go back to sip on negronis and nibble on salumi every day of the week. The salumi were fresh, fragrant, and gone way too soon! We tried the pappardelle (when in Toscana... , garganelli, and risotto. All were excellent I would happily order any or all of them again, and can 't wait to try the gnocchi with rabbit liver (not everyone in our party was keen . We weren 't able to fit in secondi, so I can 't comment on those, but we spied a Bistecca Fiorentina a couple of tables over that brought us right back to Florence another of my can 't wait to try items. As good as all of that was, the two stand out items for our group were the bone marrow (a few best I 've ever had s and, strange, I know, the potatoes (more best ever s . The wine list isn 't as extensive as i Trulli 's but there 's still a lot of really interesting wines to sample other than the sparkling wines, all are from Tuscany. While there are plenty of Tuscan staples you 'd expect (Chianti, Brunello, Super Tuscan , there are really interesting wines from throughout Tuscany and its islands. Ristoro is on the right hand side of what used to be the i Trulli dining room, while i Trulli still exists on the left hand side (as you 're looking from the street . The only challenge we face going forward is which side to visit we love them both!"

Cipriani Downtown Miami

Cipriani Downtown Miami

465 Brickell AvenueFL 33131, Miami, United States

Full • Meat • Italian • Bar-lounge


"Not saying this will happen to everyone, but just a few warnings before you decide to go to Socialista: If you wanna use the bathroom, you need to go upstairs and use the one in Cipriani’s, so you technically leave the bar. The security guy guarding the door from the Cipriani’s back to Socialista (they’re kind of connected) was super rude. When I left the bathroom, he was on his phone while I was waiting for him to let me back in. I tried to talk to him, he wouldn’t listen. I assumed it would be cool to just walk back inside the bar (he saw me come from there and I had the stamp on my hand), but he got mad because I “touched the door” and didn’t let me back in. I asked him to explain, but he wouldn’t listen. He told me to leave the place and go through Socialista’s main entrance if I wanted to get back inside. Completely immature and irrational. Everything is overpriced. One beer is $21 (also it’s a bar but they somehow only have one type of beer you can get). The only way to sit inside with the AC is if you pay bottle service (the cheapest bottle is $400, ranging to something like $2500 I think). Had to sit outside because I didn’t wanna pay hundreds or thousands for a bottle service. We left early because it was incredibly hot outside and the fan didn’t even work (we were all sweating, even though the outside part was almost empty). They didn’t let my friend in because she wasn’t wearing high heels, even though many girls inside weren’t, and guys were just wearing super casual clothes.Overall, not a good experience at all. I should’ve read the reviews beforehand. Hope this one helps. If you decide to go, best of luck ?"