Babbo
Prices
Average main course: $28.
AmEx, MC, V.
Description
Supposedly one of the best Italian restaurants in the city, Mario Batalis Babbo is certainly among the hardest to get into. The warmly lit, white-walled townhouse is alive with reggae, rock n roll and the ambient chatter of diners who enthusiastically lift pasta-laced forks and wineglasses to their mouths. Sadly, such liveliness cant be said for the food. The balsamic and brown butter sauce that bathes the goose liver ravioli can be overly reduced and borderline burnt. And while the grilled pork chop with artichokes and cipolline onions is beautifully caramelized, thats no great feat. Save for the atmosphere and affordable wines by the quartino, nothing about this restaurant merits the hype.
Hours
Mon–Sat 5:30–11:30pm; Sun 5–11pm.
I don't recommend this restaurant to anyone, I unhappily settled for the Italian wine, but I began feasting my eyes upon the menu with a serious appetite for the fatty dishes to choose from. Then, I moved to the bar and happily picked up guys along the way, one only craves in the brisk of winter.
Whats with Time Out's obvious animosity with Batali restaurants. Its fairly obvious you have some sort of ax to grind or agenda in you reviews of his restaurants