| |  | Falai | | | “Onetime Le Cirque pastry chef Iacopo Falai returns to his confectionery roots.” —nymag | | Cuisine: Italian |
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| | | | | | Lower East Side 68 Clinton Street, between Stanton and Rivington Streets 212-253-1960 Freshly reviewed on 03/07/08: We went back to Falai after a year of not going back. Wala hadn't been and wanted to try it. Nothing much has changed. The food remains quite good, characterized by nouvelle Italian ... Read More | | | | | | Photo: Steven Sunshine/NY Daily News During my first year in New York, my best friend from high school mailed me a bright orange sweater for my birthday. She wanted me to stay warm and bring some Californian attitude to dreary New Yorkers. The truth was, I already fit in with my charcoal-hued cl... Read More | | | | | | Your parents are in town. And so are your future in-laws — which mean dinner plans should be fun and festive, but, hey, it's New York, so you want to keep it sleek and chic. Consider Falai located on the Lower East Side's Clinton Street. Iacopo Falai, owner and chef whose resume includes several yea... Read More | | | | | | Just over a year old, but with a window full of gastronomic accolades, former Le Cirque pastry chef Iacopo Falai's eponymously named Clinton Street joint radiates with new flavor and experimentation of Florentine style brought to the Lower East Side. With white tile, white tables, white chairs, ... Read More | | | | | | Great Expectations New York City Entry #104 Falai My night's quest for the perfect Italian restaurant continues. Halfway through a recent dinner at Falai, I thought that the contest might have reached its finale, but, alas, not quite yet. Paradise requires astonishing entrees, not only bravura pe... Read More | | | | | | Before setting up on his own, Iacopo Falai was the pastry chef at Le Cirque 2000, and something of a pastry chef’s fastidious showmanship informs his small restaurant on the Lower East Side, which takes a distinctly high-gloss approach to Italian cuisine. Falai has a thing for tiny slivers . . . Read More | | | | | | I went to the original outpost of the now three-chain franchise of this popular high-end Italian restaurant recently. My impressions of it were of a kind of high-end, casual with an glinting edge bistro that gave me an impression of Europe. Mostly middle-aged couples sat at tables and enjoyed the fo... Read More | | | | | | Caffé Falai 265 Lafayette St (Prince & Spring St) 917-338-6207 Join us in celebrating Iacopo Falai’s third and newest restaurant in New York City, Caffé Falai. This darling little cafe turns out great pastas, pastries, chocolates and breads, all made in-house. Come taste Fa... Read More | | | | | | Don’t forget Cravings’s first event will be at Caffé Falai this Wednesday. Reservations are required via the Events site. Check out the Q+A with Iacopo Falai to get a little insight on the with chef owner of Caffé Falai before the event. Read More | | | | | | FALAI 68 Clinton St (Stanton & Rivington St) 212-253-1960 (This article is the continuation of a larger piece that starts in the above Frankies Spuntino’s Meatball Parmigiana Sandwich post.) In contrast, our starting and ending meal at Falai was on the opposite spectrum of refined and st... Read More | | | |
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