Local before arrival
This restaurant remains open past the museum’s closing time so citizens of the Upper West Side can indulge their cravings for fine Italian food. The elegant pale yellow and ivory dining room, displaying some of the museum’s delicate china, is the ideal place to nibble on Venetian cicchetti (small snacks). After appetizers, move on to sumptuous pasta dishes like gnocchi in truffle fonduta or mains like slow-roasted chicken. Accompany your meal with a bottle from the all-Italian wine list.
