"In case you missed it, it’s hard to find a bowl of great pasta these days for under $30. But at Briscola Trattoria, all the pastas are $26 or less, a glass of house wine is $10, and your first round of warm bread is free. From the team behind LaRina, this Crown Heights spot is charmingly laidback, but still has enough candlelight to work perfectly for a dressed-down date night. Focus on the pastas—like sage green, paper thin ravioli, and velvety tagliatelle al ragu—but not so much that you forget about the dessert cart. Ask for the pistachio cake." - bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, will hartman, sonal shah