Dear readers, my psychic abilities are telling me that you might not like the following list of the best Italian restaurants at which I have dined in New York City. I’m sorry, really, but despite its potential for controversy, this list must be made. Too often I am asked: what’s the best Italian restaurant? As I have explained before, I don’t particularly like answering this question but I have learned to live with it in the same way as I have learned to live without baseball from November through February. (Perhaps a little earlier this year due to the early defeat of the Yankees!) I figured it’s time to develop a list of Italian restaurants with the following guidelines: 1. I’ve actually dined there, 2. I enjoy each restaurant for one reason or another but don’t claim that it is the very best, 3. it is located in New York City. Read More