Top Italian Restaurants on Upper East & West Side?

[rjm]

for tonight - thank you.

[104manhattanite]

Spigolo (already mentioned), Sfoglia on 92 & Lex, and Rughetta on 85th between 1st & 2nd. All excellent Italian on the UES.

[ballulah]

Maybe I'm too late, but Paola's on 84th between 2nd & 3rd is one of my favorites. Very romantic also.

[missjeanne]

I live on the Upper East Side and really enjoy Erminia on 83rd - I am not sure this is what you are looking for and don't really see it written about much here. It is expensive and I think it is jacket "encouraged" but my experiences have been great.

[nativeNYer]

pomodoro on columbus between 71 and 70 is really great. surprisingly, i never hear too much about it on this message board but you can check menupages.com for some reviews. it's a really nice place with great food.

[Nosher]

Gennaro is one of our longtime favorites, and when Celeste's manager Carmine is on duty, we love the place (we wrote about Celeste last week & Gennaro last year--both with lots of pictures). I'd say those are my favorite Italian spots on the UWS, although Arte Around the Corner does some mean panini and cakes.

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[hps]

Spigolo or Caffe Buon Gusto (Cash only) on the UES.

[Marine Engineer]

I like both Pizzabolla and Genaro, Amsterdam by W92nd. They're both pleasant, intimate, good food for reasonable prices.

[ceeceee]

i love celeste on the upper west.