Rossoblu

"This standout from Chef/owner Steve Samson is a favorite among local shoppers and visitors alike. While the area teems with restaurants aplenty, cutting-edge Rossoblu won't disappoint. There’s nothing avant-garde about its food however, and thankfully so. In fact, due to delicious summers spent in Emilia-Romagna, the chef's creations are a veritable ode to the region and promise to make Italian palates proud.Quality ingredients and simple execution come to life in redeye tuna tartare with shallots, capers, and preserved lemon over an avocado puree, served with lavash bread. Pastas, like Olimpia's tagliatelle, with house-made pasta with a pork and beef ragu, are just right. Close on the heels is an irresistible brick of tiramisu crowned with candied cocoa nib cream." - Michelin Inspector

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"This huge restaurant in the Fashion District has been completely renovated for socially-distanced dining. They now have a lush courtyard filled with billowing white tents, strategically placed heat lamps, and plenty of trees to provide you with some much-needed shade and seclusion. All of those create a serene and sophisticated energy that’s perfect for a low-key date night or impressing a distant relative whose sole purpose is to find out how you’re actually doing so they can report back to your mom. The salumi here is excellent, and their drinks list is full of Italian wines and seasonal cocktails. But no meal at Rossoblu is complete without their signature ragu bolognese - made with a red sauce so perfect, it borders on being scientific." - brant cox, kat hong

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"Inspired by the cuisine of Bologna, Italy, chef Steve Samson’s open, airy Rossoblu is the place for long-simmered meat sauces that coat stunning iterations of housemade noodles. Delicate tortelloni comes with Swiss chard, ricotta, and butter, while the toothsome matagliati is prepared with two kinds of mushrooms. Also order the gramigna, a seemingly simple tubular pasta with an aggressive garlic chile sauce studded with rapini and sausage that’ll get the table swooning after every bite." - Matthew Kang

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"You’re taking your parents to Rossoblu because, above all else, this Italian restaurant in the Fashion District is impressive. Opened by the Sotto crew, Rossoblu is all about pastas and meats and eating them in large quantities. The large industrial space is beautiful, the waitstaff will help you figure out how to plan your meal, and the wine list will have your folks feeling good in no time. Get the belly-on pork chop." - jess basser sanders, brant cox, brett keating

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"Steve and Dina Samson’s enduring Northern Italian restaurant continues to prepare some of the best, well-rounded cooking in the city. Rustic wood-fired dishes complement the incredible handmade pasta like the gramigna with sausage, twisty extruded pasta, rapini and garlic slivers. The entrees are massive and easily shareable, including porchetta with crackling skin and a butterflied whole branzino. Rossoblu continues to be one of the top Northern Italian restaurants, stylish yet comfortable. The whole experience is delivered inside one of the city’s most impressive high-ceiling dining rooms that bustles as the night gets later." - Matthew Kang