Macosa Trattoria
Italian restaurant · Bedford-Stuyvesant ·
Classic Italian comfort foods, desserts & wine with outdoor seating
Classic Italian comfort foods, desserts & wine with outdoor seating
"An owner of Macosa, chef Emanuele Attala — here, with partners Salvatore Gandolfo and Colin Hagendorf — is connected to Malatesta in the West Village, as well as Spaghetti Incident on the Lower East Side. This restaurant with food from Emilia-Romagna offers a three-course progression (antipasti, insalate, and pasta). The menu embraces seasons, so order something like fritto misto, rapini with bread crumbs, and rigatoni alla Norma for a satisfying meal." - Eater Staff
"Bed-Stuy’s Macosa Trattoria is the kind of place that makes you feel like a regular on first visit, with reasonable prices and heavy-handed wine pours. After polishing off Italian dishes like chicken liver crostini and oxtail ragu, ask for the tiramisu, which may well be the best version of the dessert you’ve never tried. It’s as airy as they come, more mascarpone than anything else, and covered in a mound of chocolate shavings." - Eater Staff, John Tsung
"The wine list comes scrawled on a piece of paper at this value-play Italian restaurant along Bed-Stuy’s happening Tompkins Avenue. There are usually a couple of antipasti and specials, but shareable portions of well-priced pasta are the main event. Meat eaters: Save yourselves some time and order the amatriciana — the ample pieces of pork jowl get better the more you chew — and oxtail ragu. Close out a meal with some amaro and a slice of the restaurant’s dreamy tiramisu." - Eater Staff
"Unless you live in Bed-Stuy, Macosa Trattoria might be the best Italian restaurant you’ve never been to: a small neighborhood spot that opened last year where it’s still possible to walk in on a Saturday night without a reservation. A friend and I arrived around 10 p.m., too late for the wonderful tiramisu (already sold out), but perfect for a late dinner of carbs and $13 negronis. We shared three pastas priced $16 to $20 a bowl; the best was the bucatini amatriciana ($20), a nice portion of chewy noodles with bits of pork jowl that get better the longer you gnaw on them." - Eater Staff
"In Bed-Stuy, Macosa Trattoria—a “simple yet elegant” Italian restaurant that opened last spring—is hosting a “dyke night” on Monday, April 25 from 8 p.m. to midnight with live music; the co-owner Colin Hagendorf said he started the pop-up because of a lack of lesbian spaces in New York City and hopes to run it monthly. The event is free and open to the public, with the Instagram-posted caveat that straight people and men “don’t act foolish.”" - Luke Fortney
