Best Pasta in NYC?

[rapsrealm]

I'm planning a visit to NYC and wanted to know where I could get the best pasta dish in NYC. I've searched the board and found some interesting suggestions, but the one caveat is I want a restaurant that has a decent choice for someone that doesn't eat seafood. Right now I'm thinking of going to Scarpetta.

Does anyone have any other suggestions for non-seafood based pastas?

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Scarpetta
355 West 14th Street, New York, NY 10014

[steakrules85]

Babbo- Had the pumpkin agnolotti and chianti stained pappardelle with boar ragu. Simply amazing. Have to go back to try the beef cheek ravioli and all of their other amazing dishes

Convivio- Had the malloreddus (seafood in it with the crab) which was very good, but I have heard all of their pastas are great.

Maialino- Lasagna bolognese and ravioli and uovo are both stellar. Looking forward to trying the cacio pepe and bavette in guazzetto.

Scarpetta - although the spaghetti with tomato and basil is a bit overhyped in my opinion. Still and incredible restaurant and I want to sample for pastas.

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Babbo
110 Waverly Pl, New York, NY 10011

Scarpetta
355 West 14th Street, New York, NY 10014

Convivio
45 Tudor City Place, New York, NY 10017

Maialino
2 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10010

[stefathena]

tried Il Posto Acanto (190 E. 2nd Street (between Ave A & B)
http://www.ilbagattonyc.com/index_ilp...
very reasonaly priced and i really enjoyed it.

[liz8000]

Places like Babbo and Scarpetta are a bit overrated in my opinion. Check out some places like Corsino (their Tagliatelle with Lamb Ragu is to die for), Perbacco, Paprika and Tre. All are not as high profile but have good quality food and fun atmospheres.

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Babbo
110 Waverly Pl, New York, NY 10011

Perbacco
234 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10009

Scarpetta
355 West 14th Street, New York, NY 10014

Corsino
637 Hudson St, New York, NY 10014

[busco]

you should think about this little gem of a restaurant called Bocca located at 39 east 19 st.
so great pasta dishes and cute place. l

[ttoommyy]

We were at Bocca a few weeks ago after a long absence and were very pleased. The pastas were excellent. Great recommendation.

[edwardspk]

You've gotten a lot of great reco's here, and I concur with them all. If your focus is totally pasta, I don't see how you can beat the pasta tasting menu at Babbo. Every course is pasta, and they're all wonderful. Enjoy your visit.

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Babbo
110 Waverly Pl, New York, NY 10011

[Dan Boston]

I just tried Scalini Fedeli last week and I was very impressed with the Gnocchi. It was possibly the best Gnocchi dish I’ve ever had. There were also plenty of non-fish choices, although the red snapper was amazing. I wrote more extensively about this restaurant on this site (see the link below).

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/695272

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Scalini Fedeli
165 Duane Street, New York, NY 10013

[hcbk0702]

If seafood is out, Babbo is probably your best overall bet. Unfortunately, it's the most difficult Italian restaurant to reserve by far. Alto is the better restaurant IMO, but it's much pricier and more formal. The no seafood restriction is too bad, because I think the single best Italian pasta dish in NYC is Marea's fusilli with red wine braised octopus and bone marrow. Some people felt that the dish didn't meet their sky-high expectations after multiple food critics (and even Thomas Keller) praised it to high heaven. I still loved it; it felt like the surf and turf concept adapted perfectly into pasta form. Those rich little chunks of soft bone marrow really luxuriate over the palate. Some non-seafood highlights:

ALTO
Tagliatelle con Ragu di Vitello e Fonduta
- Thin egg pasta ribbons, braised veal ragu, parmigiano cheese
Uovo in Raviolo alla Bergese con Animelle
- Egg and spinach filled raviolo, crisp sweetbreads, black trumpet mushrooms

BABBO
Beef cheek ravioli with crushed squab liver and black truffles
Goose liver ravioli with balsamic vinegar and brown butter
Mint Love Letters with spicy lamb sausage

SCARPETTA
Spaghetti, tomato & basil

LUPA
Bavette, cacio & pepe
Spaghetti alla carbonara
*Maialino's versions are competitive

MAIALINO
Malfatti al maialino
- Suckling pig ragu & arugula

I didn't mention Convivio, as I felt that their seafood pastas were considerably stronger than their meat-based ones. The meat-based ones were still quite good though.

I'm assuming over-the-top luxurious pasta dishes like Le Bernardin's linguine with Osetra caviar and sea urchin sauce and Per Se's hand cut tagliatelle with [an avalanche of] shaved black truffles won't be considered because of cost.

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Babbo
110 Waverly Pl, New York, NY 10011

Marea
240 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019

[fm1963]

Great list. The veal tagliatelle at Alto and cacio & pepe at Lupa are two of my favorites. I had dinner at Scarpetta recently and in addition to the spaghetti with tomato and basil, I would suggest the duck and foie ravioli. The agnolotti dal plin also gets a lot of praise though I didn't get to try it.

At Convivio, the tortelli di amatrice is quite mind boggling. They also do a great version of carbonara - flavorful but not too heavy. Uovo in raviolo at SD26 is also very good.

I haven't been to Babbo in a couple of years but do remember enjoying the pastas, particularly the beef cheek ravioli. As mentioned above, Marea's fusilli is amazing.

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Lupa
170 Thompson Street, New York, NY 10012

Babbo
110 Waverly Pl, New York, NY 10011

Scarpetta
355 West 14th Street, New York, NY 10014

Convivio
45 Tudor City Place, New York, NY 10017

Marea
240 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019

SD26
19 East 26th Street, New York, NY 10010

[uwsister]

Thanks for the list. I second Alto and Scarpetta. Still need to get myself to Lupa and Babbo, one day I'll brave the crowds and the reservation song-and-dance.

[mamron]

I agree with LUPA, but must add their Bucatini Alla' Amatriciana. It is the best in the city. Also, the Papardelle Al A'natra (Duck Ragu') at Mediteraneo (Second Ave. 66th Street) is a must.

[Desidero]

Have you tried the bucatini alla'amatriciana at Maialino? I prefer their rendition to Lupa's.

Other great pasta dishes include the pappardelle alla Fiesolana and penne arrabbiata at Bar Pitti, the wedding pillow pasta at Felidia, the tagliatelle ai noci at Capri Caffe and the garganelli con fungi at dell'Anima.

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Lupa
170 Thompson Street, New York, NY 10012

Felidia
243 E 58th St, New York, NY 10022

Bar Pitti
268 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10014

Maialino
2 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10010

[Desidero]

I recently tried i Sodi and would add this to my list. Superb pastas, cooked al dente with generous portion sizes. This is an overlooked gem.

[rrems]

Convivio
SD26

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Convivio
45 Tudor City Place, New York, NY 10017

SD26
19 East 26th Street, New York, NY 10010