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Sora Lella
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300 Spring St.,
New York, NY 10013
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Official Website
Hours
Daily, noon-4pm and 6pm-11:30pm
Nearby Subway Stops
C, E at Spring St.
Prices
$15-$23
Payment Methods
American Express, MasterCard, Visa
Special Features
- Brunch - Weekend
- Business Lunch
- Lunch
- Take-Out
- Online Reservation
Alcohol
- Full Bar
Reservations
Accepted/Not Necessary
- Make a Reservation with opentable.com
Profile
It took 50 years for Sora Lella, the celebrity haunt founded by actor Aldo Fabrizi’s sister Elena on Rome’s Isola Tiberina, to expand Stateside. In 2009, Elena’s grandsons Mauro and Simone Trabalza, and their partner Fabio Maltese, finally opened a West Soho outpost in the space that briefly housed Lomito. They have been aided in this task by Gian Luca Giovanetti and Pierluigi Palazzo, fellow expats who consider it their life’s work (in addition to running the East Village’s Gnocco and Perbacco) to import and showcase authentic Italian culinary culture. In the case of Sora Lella, that means such Über-Roman fare as paccheri all’amatriciana, puntarelle with anchovy dressing, and artichokes two ways (fried Jewish style, or steamed and stuffed with anchovy, garlic, and mint).
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| 7.7 | "Recommended" Average Reader Rating on a Scale of 10 |
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Amazing experience and cocktails to die for
smf331 from 10001 | Posted on 9/21/09
| Food: | 10 |
| Service: | 10 |
| Décor: | 9 |
| Value: | 9 |
I spent my Friday night at Sora Lella. I ordered the caprese salad to start (adventurous, I know) but it came in the most innovative package ever. The tomato aspect was almost like a gelatin (not like jello, not a weird texture), the bufalo mozzarella was served like a panna cotta, melted and reshaped, and the basil aspect came in the form of a delicious pesto. By the way, make sure you treat yourself to a cocktail (order wine if you must, but take my word for it, the cocktails are the star) crafted by the cutie bartender Tomaso. No choking back on bad alcohol or syrupy ingredients here! I had the lychee martini, so well done I couldn't taste the generous amount of alcohol Tomaso poured in. To think of all the awful versions of this drink I had had before and the money wasted up til now! It was lovely and worth every penny.
Spectacular Sunday lunch
mwolf1953 from 10280 | Posted on 9/21/09
| Food: | 9 |
| Service: | 9 |
| Décor: | 9 |
| Value: | 9 |
Spent a delightful 2 and a half hours here on 9-20-09. Had Polpettine della Nonna (meatballs), Gnocchi Amatriciana (my wife is a superb chef and was awed by the Amatriciana), Rigatoni alla Gricia, and the family special Tonnarelli alla Cuccagna (egg pasta, sausage, pork belly, more). Finished with 3 hand-made gelati. Going back for lunch today. Warm and friendly owners and staff.
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