Florio’s Cigar Bar & Grille in New York’s Little Italy
January 30, 2009 by admin
Filed under Where I like to go
I get asked all the time…”what is my favorite place to go in New York”? Without hesitation or fourthought I immediately blurt out “Little Italy”.
Growing up Italian and around Italians, Little italy has a warm place in my heart. I remember fondly getting on the 166 bus with my friends and heading into The Port Authority at 8th and 38th and getting on the “N” train to Canal Street. The few block walk was always met with anticipation and the hunger pang’s for a “Sausage & Peppa’s” sandwich during Little Italy’s “Feast of San Gennaro”.
Those memories are what still drive me to take the “N” train to Canal Street, but now the anticipation is for a plate of ravioli’s, a glass of wine and a hand rolled cigar from the “secret stash” at Florio’s Cigar Bar & Grille. Nothing beats it. Larry Amoruso, the owner, Frank Linsalada and Anthony Coppola are the faces of Florio’s and who literally make you feel like family from the time you walk in until the very last drop of wine is drunk.
It’s always my first stop when I fly into NYC…on more than one occasion I have walked in with my luggage, and it is the last place I eat on my way to the airport to catch my plane back to Albuquerque.
If you love a fresh tasting tomato sauce to compliment your pasta, lasagna, or my favorite…ravioli’s…then this is where you need to go.
Really anything you pick on the menu is going to be awesome. If it isn’t then I’ll personally buy your next dinner there. Yea…it’s that F@#kin’ good!
When you go there don’t forget to tell them Rocco sent ya…
Florio’s Cigar Bar & Grille
192 Grand St., New York, NY 10013
nr. Mulberry Street
Phone: 212-226-7610
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