LITTLE ITALY?

[flowergirl]

Having one dinner in Little Italy and looking for a semi-casual New York type Italian. Would love your recs.

[LarryP]

Dont go to Po Pazzo for the Sunday buffet, worse than Hometown buffet, cold food, stale bread,very expensive

[sdnativa]

I am not sure what New York style italian is but we had an excellent dinner at Bencotto a couple of weeks ago.

http://www.lovebencotto.com

[mjsp1]

I would stear clear of any bussalacci restaurant - and po pazzo is one of them.
Bencotto is getting good reviews or you can never go wrong with Bon Appetitto.

[mmjgam]

I second that!

[palmtree38]

Why stay clear of Bussalacci restaurants? not good quality? over priced?

[mcgrath]

Po Pazzo is probably what you're looking for, but keep in mind, this is India St. in San Diego, not Mulberry St. in NYC.

[stevewag23]

Po Pazzo has a great bar for cocktails. Music some nights as well.

The food is not great, and overpriced (the place seems a little like a relic of the 2005 striped shirts, spiky hair, mortgage broker era), but if you stick to the apps and a cocktail you can do pretty good.