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New York Magazine
If you're tired of Italian restaurants trying to out-Molto each other, yet repelled by the thought of Little Italy, this old-school spot is your salvation. Run by the seven Mosconi siblings since 1976, the enormous Northern Italian menu, with more than 100 items, is particularly influenced by the family's roots in Emilia-Romagna. Brother Pietro Mosconi leads the kitchen, making his own pastas and mozzarella and simmering simple sauces. He shuns experimentation to ensure that the solid expectations of the clientele are properly met. Many come for spaghetti and meatballs or soft, cheesy manicotti, lightly dressed in a fresh-tasting tomato sauce. But there's more to Mosconi than red sauce. Between the minestrone packed full of carrots, celery, escarole, and white beans, and bursting with garden flavor, and...
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City Guide Magazine
Very few restaurants are around long enough to celebrate their 30th anniversary. The restaurant business in New York City is too competitive and volatile for that. Yet Villa Mosconi, the quintessential Greenwich Village Italian, is doing just that. An eating place that withstands the test of time for three decades, especially in a restaurant hot spot like the Village, has to have a lot going for it, and Villa Mosconi does. First and foremost there is Peter Mosconi, the restaurant's chef and owner who, with his five sisters, came to this country in 1966, and after gaining NYC experience cooking at Romeo Salta, Giambelli, and other local spots, opened the family-owned Villa Mosconi ten years later. Mr. Mosconi, who recently received the Chef's de Cuisine Association's Gold Medal as Chef of the Year, prepares...
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Villa Mosconi, tucked away in Greenwich Village, is a shining example of one of New York's proud family-run restaurants. Celebrating their 30th anniversary in 2006, the eatery gets better with age, as the hard working Mosconi family maintains the values and customs they inherited from their ancestors in the Emilia-Romanga region of Italy. Chef/Owner Pietro Mosconi offers a large menu with more than 50 entrees and 15 different pastas. The pastas are homemade and delicious. Additionally, there are the plenty of specials, depending on what is procured at the market. Chef Pietro also allows guests to create their own menus. "Ask and ye shall recieve", he claims. Menu highlights include fresh mozzerella, which Chef Pietro makes each day from scratch...
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