Best italian food!
Thursday, September 01, 2005
WHAT AN EXPERIENCE!!!! Little Italy is LUCKY to have LA MELA!!!!! The BEST Italian food I've ever eaten! GREAT food and ENTERTAINMENT all for one great price! I'll be BACK! At La Mela, menus are furnished upon request and with disdain. "We feed people," a waiter explains, gesturing to the identical family-styleplatters of gnocchi, tortellini, and linguini; freshly baked loaves of bread; enormous kitchen bowls of salad; and carafes of house red wine at every table. "Come with your whole family," he urges, "with uncles and grandmothers and babies." Occasional outbursts of singing and clapping can be heard from the kitchen, which threatens at any moment to spill into the dining room. La Mela is carnivalesque and cozily cramped with strings of white lights illuminating the outdoor cafe where diners can eat while watching people parade through an equally festive Little Italy. La Mela Ristorante is a place that offers guests Italian.