A trip to the original Eataly on 23rd Street with lunch on their scenic rooftop was the final stop before my Dame friends departed after our October international Les Dames d’Escoffier conference.

Being our last meal together this time, we asked our waiter to serve our order in courses so we could linger. And we ordered their special “$39 Bottle” red, their Pietro Beconcini Antiche Vie Chianti, Tuscany.

He first served us the Gnocchi al Pomodoro ($19) and the Insalata del Mercat ($16). The salad blended Lani’s Farm lettuces and shaved  carrots and fennel in a red wine vinaigrette. We wished we had bread to sop up the tomato-basil sauce from the light potato pasta swimming in a tomato-basil sauce.

Next, the butternut-squash-filled ravioli in brown butter topped with toasted hazelnuts and fried sage ($24). Our final course was the chewy wild hive dark rye casarecce (short twists of pasta) with a mushroom ragù topped with Parmigiano Reggiano.

Was a perfect ending to a quick Big Apple visit with my friends.

Serra by Bierra at Eataly’s Rooftop
Flatiron
200 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10010
212.229-2560
eataly.com