Scarlatto in Times Square

Scarlatto in Times Square

Inside Scarlatto

A good restaurant in Times Square is almost an anomaly. If I need to find something near midtown, I’ll usually resort to something down 9th Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen. When I was trying to find a place to meet my friend Sheryl, I thought I’d hunt for something that would be close to her work and my apartment. I have an ongoing list of restaurants I keep handy that I haven’t been to, but none of them fell in midtown. So I began scouring restaurants on MenuPages.com, and came across Scarlatto, and Italian restaurant on 47th, near Broadway. The prices were surprisingly decent for the area, so I was already suspicious. I went over to Yelp and checked out some pictures and decided it was worth a try.

Fried Calamari With Crispy Zucchini, $9

It has a cozy, pleasant interior that’s somewhere midway between being formal with their decked-out-in-white tables, but still casual with large framed prints of Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday. We started with the fried calamari and crispy zucchini. I’ve had better calamari, and the zucchini tasted like chips but combination was still satisfying, and helped to appease our ravenous appetite right then.

Fettuccine Ai Funghi, $14

Ravioli Di Zucca, $12

Sheryl stuck with the mushroom fettuccine, and I went with the pumpkin ravioli. Mushroom lovers would appreciate the light tasting fettuccine drizzled with truffle oil. I went nuts over the sweet pumpkin and ricotta filled pasta, with little crispy basil sprinkled on top. But the brown butter and sage sauce was what pulled it all together.

Walnuts Tartufo, $7

They have a generous dessert list that we spent at least ten minutes on, and finally decided to get the walnuts tartufo off the waiter’s suggestion. It’s a vanilla and chocolate ice cream with crushed walnuts covered in a chocolate powder shell. Delicious! I think it’s hard enough to find a good Italian restaurant in the city, but to find one that’s so close was such a treat!


Restaurant Info:
Scarlatto

250 W 47th St.
btw Broadway & 8th Ave.
New York, NY 10036
212-730-4535
Times Square


REPORT CARD

Meal: Dinner
Occasion: Reunion of beauty editors
Price: $$$
(Out of three stars)
Ambiance: ***
Food: ***
Service: ***
Would I go back?: Yes, I’m already craving that ravioli

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Shy


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