Christy H.
Yelp
Il Mulino might be my new favorite Italian restaurant in NYC (or one of my favorites, at least)!
Started with a bunch of complimentary small bites- amazing tomato bruschetta, fried zucchini, flavorful foccaccia (and other breads), and cheese with cured pork. My Aperol spritz was perfect, which is for some reason a rare thing nowadays (the ratios can be hard to get right).
We then got fried calamari, which we definitely didn't need and was just OK. However, even lackluster calamari can't bring down this high score.
For entrées, I got the red snapper livornese, and it was so awesome that I did indeed eat that entire huge slab of lightly pan fried snapper covered in tomatoes, capers, and olives. I couldn't find a pic of this in advance but I'm so, so glad I got it.
My fiancé got the veal parm, and despite his best efforts, could only finish half. Very thinly pounded veal, not the best he's ever had but definitely up there.
We split a side of spaghetti pomodoro, and it actually made me wish I got pasta as my entrée, it was THAT good. Perfectly cooked and the tomato sauce had chunks of fresh tomato and basil.
An old school vibe staffed by older Italian men. No dress code, or so it seemed, but you probably wouldn't feel comfortable just wearing a t shirt and shorts inside.
Entrées are a bit pricey but I highly recommend! The only downside was the massive stomachache I had after (and garlic breath).