L'Artusi - West Village NYC

Multi-leveled West Village Italian hot spot with staying power, L'Artusi is locally sourced, thoughtfully composed and consistently excellent.   There is a sleek comfortable marble counter that looks into the kitchen, and is a great place to be entertained while eating incredible food.  Not your average Italian, there are lots of vegetarian options as well as excellent, innovative crudos and many lighter dishes.  The pastas do, however, shine- both classics like Orecchiette with sausage or modern twists like gnocchi with rabbit cacciatore. 

Address:  228 West 10^th St, New York, NY

Website: www.lartusi.com

Bucatini with braised pork ragu.  Heaven.

Ravioli with shrimp and fennel chive butter

Butter lettuce with hazelnuts and Gorgonzola

Charred octopus with potatoes olives and pancetta

"Chefs table" front row to the action.

House made ricotta with crackers and rhubarb sauce.

Fluke ceviche

Day boat scallop ceviche with olive oil and lemon.  So good