Emporio

New York, New York, United States

Emporio in Nolita

Emporio is the Nolita version of the SoHo restaurant Aurora. Their menus are very similar, but the Emporio restaurant also has a large glass-covered backyard. The food is pretty good, although the dishes we got were a bit greasy. All their pastas are made fresh on location.

Dress

Smart Casual

Cost

Entrees are around $15-$20

Reservations

They take reservations and the restaurant does fill up for dinner. We were able to get a table without a wait early in the evening.

Items Ordered

Barbabietole

Barbabietole

The beet salad was mostly beets with a few orange slices, and a light vinaigrette dressing. The ricotta salata is a pressed hard ricotta cheese which is a bit salty but still mild tasting.

Le Orecchiette al Coniglio

Le Orecchiette al Coniglio

The orecchiette was on the specials menu. It was a salty dish and had an olive and butter sauce. The rabbit was cooked until tender and was torn into small pieces. There wasn't as much kale in the dish as I thought there would be.

Paccheri alla “Norma”

Paccheri alla “Norma”

This is one of my favorite dishes from their SoHo restaurant. It is a bit greasy, but I love the combination of a lightly cooked tomato sauce with the soft cheese and fried eggplants.