Lella Alimentari

Alimentari Beach Review - Montauk - New York - The Infatuation

"This year-round Italian restaurant and specialty grocer is a go-to for all your red sauce needs. Located in the former Tacombi space, this bright corner spot is the ideal stop to grab a cappuccino and charcuterie platter to take to the beach. Alternatively, book a table to bite into Neapolitan-style pizzas (the owners of Williamsburg’s L'industrie helped create the pizza menu), lasagna, extensive pasta options, plus a full cocktail list that will keep you snacking on crispy artichokes alongside Negronis and espresso martinis." - Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner

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"Lella is a casual Italian spot near the Lorimer L stop that’s popular with locals, and if you stop by on a nice day, you’ll probably see some people outside hanging with their dogs. And once you get past all these dogs, you’ll find a nice, homey space filled with vintage toys, old pots and pans, and a yellow rotary telephone. The employees wear bright red beanies like Jacques Cousteau (or Steve Zissou), and they’ll make you a good cheesy flatbread sandwich or a bowl of vegetables with a poached egg and a chunk of burrata. Grab a table, hang out for a while, and try to become a regular." - bryan kim

"There’s a little Italian coffee shop close to where I live called Lella Alimentari. During the pandemic, they built these enclosed areas where you can sit outside. It’s not the world’s most sophisticated set-up, but it’s in such a good location, and it really is easy-breezy. My friend Erin came over in the morning, early, and we just had a nice sit-down coffee and talked about whatever."

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"Lella is a hybrid of a third-wave coffee shop and a teensy grocery store plucked off of a vicolo, or small alley, in Italy. The shelves are stocked with imported goods—cans of tomatoes, beautifully packaged olive oil, bags of dried pasta—while the walls look like something a nonna decorated, down to the children’s dolls. My friends refer to Lella as 'ciao,' which is how the Tuscan baristas greet you as you breeze through the doors. Lella is never not packed, but somehow my friends and I always hold court at the long white-washed table that runs down the middle of the cafe. It’s our version of the Central Perk couch. More often than not we’ll be nursing hangovers with a large iced coffee and a piadine, an Italian flatbread sandwich that’s stuffed with prosciutto cotto, speck, stracchino cheese, arugula, and radicchio. The bitter greens paired with the warm, melty cheese, and the salty cured meat makes me feel like I’m eating a balanced meal—it’s texturally balanced so that counts. Plus, everyone knows the best hangover cure is carbs, cheese, and meat. Sometimes we’ll moonlight as people who have it together, coming in earlier before the crowds roll in and catching up over breakfast salads of egg, shishito pepper, and avocado. All the shades of green remind me of what’s in an actually balanced meal." - ByEmily Schultz

Lella Alimentari - Review - Williamsburg - New York - The Infatuation

"Lella is a casual Italian spot near the Lorimer L stop that’s popular with locals, and if you stop by on a nice day, you’ll probably see some people outside hanging with their dogs. And once you get past all these dogs, you’ll find a nice, homey space filled with vintage toys, old pots and pans, and a yellow rotary telephone. The employees wear bright red beanies like Jacques Cousteau (or Steve Zissou), and they’ll make you a good cheesy flatbread sandwich or a bowl of vegetables with a poached egg and a chunk of burrata. Grab a table, hang out for a while, and try to become a regular." - Bryan Kim