← Back to Top 50 Italian Restaurants Outside Italy
Why Don Angie Is on Our Top 50 Italian Outside Italy
Don Angie, under Angie Rito and Scott Tacinelli's direction, is ranked #17 on our Top 50 Italian Restaurants Outside Italy. The regional Italian register: Italian-American (Sicilian and Neapolitan lineage).
The pasta-making method: Fresh extruded, daily. The signature dish: Pinwheel lasagna for two, stuffed garlic flatbread, bucatini.
The wine program: Italian-only; Sicily, Campania, Tuscany verticals.
The chef pedigree: James Beard Best New Restaurant 2019; New York Times 3 stars. The family lineage: Rito family Sicilian-American lineage; Tacinelli is ex-Quality Italian.
How to Book Don Angie
The booking lead time: 10 to 14 weeks for prime time. Reserve through OpenTable, Resy, or the restaurant's own booking portal where applicable; many of the best Italian restaurants outside Italy require dedicated concierge or hotel-based bookings during peak season.
Order the regional pasta. The kitchen's strongest expression at Don Angie is the Pinwheel lasagna, paired with a producer from the chef's training region.
The dress code: Smart casual; the dining room is photographed at every meal. The dinner spend: 150 to 240 USD per person at dinner. The kitchen at Don Angie is rated 10/10 for food and 10/10 for ambience in our editorial scoring.
Why Don Angie Is Worth the Pilgrimage
"The West Village pasta room that re-imagined Italian-American grammar. The pinwheel lasagna, the chrysanthemum salad, the design-forward dining room. James Beard Best New Restaurant 2019."
Our editorial scoring places the food at 10/10, ambience at 10/10, and value at 8/10. The Italian-American (Sicilian and Neapolitan lineage) register is structural; the chef lineage and the kitchen's calibration produce the dinner that rewards the booking effort.
View Don Angie on Restaurants for Kings →
Related Reading
- Top 50 Italian Restaurants Outside Italy. The full editorial ranking, of which Don Angie is #17.
- Browse all 21 Top 50 Rankings · Top 50 Anniversary Dinners · Top 50 Historic Building Restaurants
- New York restaurant guide. The full city directory with all occasions.
- Carbone. Our deep dive on the closest Italian peer in the city.
- Marea. Our deep dive on the closest Italian peer in the city.