367510 Sun Feb 04 09:10:02 -0800 2007 10 18 Manhattan 0 2258420 Looking for the real thing - not a brick - but nice, smooth and a little runny ---Where should we go? Sun Feb 04 09:10:02 -0800 2007 71654 jgreen7292 1 2258425 I really like the Polenta with mushrooms at L'Impero. Sun Feb 04 09:13:34 -0800 2007 2258420 60215 aryn 2 2258621 Totally agree. They are served together but in separate little pots. Insanely delicious! Sun Feb 04 10:28:11 -0800 2007 2258425 13867 RGR 3 2258853 I 3rd this recommendation...that polenta dish is reason enough to head to L'Impero! Sun Feb 04 12:08:10 -0800 2007 2258621 17783 nyufoodie 1 2258602 Crispo has one with smoked mozzarella and proscuitto that is unreal. Sun Feb 04 10:23:21 -0800 2007 2258420 28257 haleyjen 1 2259099 I love the wild mushroom and polenta flatbread at the Orchard. Sun Feb 04 13:54:23 -0800 2007 2258420 14880 Desidero 1 2259410 They have fantastic creamy polenta at 'inoteca, served with delicious sauteed escarole and pancetta. Sun Feb 04 16:41:25 -0800 2007 2258420 15695 rose water 1 2262164 amazing truffle polenta at Aquagrill, oddly enough. Mon Feb 05 13:58:17 -0800 2007 2258420 14093 Melanie 1 2263144 Assenzio does a nice polenta appetizer with truffle oil and artichokes. Plus, in this weather, one could use some of their suckling pig too. http://petercherches.blogspot.com Mon Feb 05 18:11:15 -0800 2007 2258420 10736 Peter Cherches 1 2264557 I had some amazing truffle polenta at Alto. Scott Conant knows what he's doing. Tue Feb 06 09:01:59 -0800 2007 2258420 68363 JungMann 2 2264604 That would be Scott Conant. And your experience with the polenta at Alto is not surprising because he is also the chef at L'Impero, home of the polenta and mushrooms mentioned above. Since Alto is the more upscale sibling, it makes sense that he'd to kick the polenta up many notches by substituting truffles for wild mushrooms in the L'Impero version. Tue Feb 06 09:10:25 -0800 2007 2264557 13867 RGR