| |  | Babbo | | | “The most exciting Italian restaurant in town serves food you'll never find in Little Italy.” —nymag | | Cuisine: Italian |
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| | | | | | "We have to try this restaurant called Babbo," said Swimster, nearly three years ago. "Bah-what?" I asked. "Babbo. It's sick Italian. Mario Batali owns it. It has the craziest menu. They have sweetbreads, tripe and testa," he said. I had never heard of sweetbreads, n... Read More | | | | | | [I started writing this entry in the airport on Saturday, but only finished it now while trying to edit my Chile photos and write emails, among other things, like thinking about how I should be snuggled under the covers of the bed a few feet away from me. Babbo probably deserves a better entry than... Read More | | | | | | From Serious Eats: New York Mariro Batali's West Village restaurant Babbo just celebrated its tenth anniversary this month. That wasn't my excuse for eating there for the first and second time within the past three months, but I'll pretend it was. (You too can use this excuse to splurge ... Read More | | | | | | From Serious Eats: New York Our table was full with dishes like warm lamb's tongue and salumi, lamb brains, and lamb chops, sweetbreads galore, and goose liver ravioli. The grilled octopus was lovely, as was the pumpkin lune and hearty pappardelle with boar ragu. But for some very strange... Read More | | | | | | A little over a month ago, I'd mentioned how much I detest Mario Batali here (skip to the second paragraph). I even mention that in a month's time, this digression/rant beceomes important; for you see, I had a good idea that B was going to take me to Babbo for my birthday. And he did. (I mention ... Read More | | | | | | Blogger Pink India Ink reports an unfortunate regurgitory incident at Mario Batali's sumptuous resto Babbo on Halloween night. After a seemingly perfect dining experience, she observes the male half of another postprandial couple suddenly vomit on the floor. "I would write more about this - abo... Read More | | | | | | WEEE! I finally ate here! After much delay due to odd circumstances and events in my life, I finally made it to Babbo! After hauling my butt from Tailor (as you read from the previous post) with Helen in tow, I’ve rushed over to Giulia and Robyn finding out the status of our endangered table. What... Read More | | | | | | Once again, some of the city's best food is coming from Mario. I’ll be the first to admit that I spend a good deal of time blowing smoke up Mario Batali’s rear end. But, the truth is his restaurants are just down right terrific. It’s one thing to promise and not deliver… but when you can have t... Read More | | | | | | One month before her trip to New York last weekend, TPS did the unthinkable and stayed on redial for 20 minutes. Thanks to her perserverance, she managed to score a table for 4 at Babbo on the 2nd floor (always preferable v. noisy and cramped 1st floor), not at 5 pm, nor at 11pm... Read More | | | | | | We can agree with number one. That's okay.Photo courtesy Babbo restaurantWe’re not surprised that Babbo is the city’s top Italian restaurant, according to Zagat's new America's 1,000 Top Italian Restaurants book — its popularity alone is enough, in Zagat-land, to ensure yearly dominance. And in fac... Read More | | | |
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