Sadly, before this review posted, One Fifth closed its doors for good. 

Trattoria One Fifth is a relatively new Italian neighborhood restaurant in Greenwich Village, created by Marc Forgione. Each month, he collaborates with friends to craft unique, one-of-a-kind pizzas that feature his signature dough along with their distinct styles.

As invited guests, we had the opportunity to visit when they featured a pizza from ZURiTO, a Basque-inspired pintxo bar in Boston, Massachusetts. The pizza, called The Gilda, draws inspiration from one of the pintxos on Zurito’s menu. It is topped with red sauce, Cantabrian anchovies, pickled guindilla peppers, Manzanilla olives, Idiazabal cheese, and scallion oil.

I loved the Gilda— pitted Manzanillo olive, pickled guindilla peppers and salted anchovies on a skewer eaten in one bite — that I was introduced to in San Sebastian. It is one of their oldest pintxos. I liked the pizza version although its anchovies were too salty for me, although not my dining partner.

I’d love to try another monthly special if anyone wants to join me!

I highly recommend it, as well as their incredibly tender and juicy Snowdance Farms chicken cooked under a brick with caper brown butter and balsamic radicchio ($39)

Before indulging in the pizza, we ordered not-to-be-missed sour dough pillow ($9) served with whipped ricotta and giardiniera (pickled veggies). I highly recommend it, as well as their incredibly tender and juicy Snowdance Farms chicken cooked under a brick with caper brown butter and balsamic radicchio ($39). Delicious.

We also managed to save room for a few bites of gelato ($9) in both chocolate and coconut flavors. I appreciated how they, like many other restaurants, like Tigre  for example, describe their cocktails in terms of the intensity of the liquor. They offer spirit forward, light and refreshing, and sweet and savory cocktails.

I finished with their delightful minty version of the espresso martini — Sweet & Savory Brancatini ($19) — made with Branca Menta, espresso liqueur, and espresso.   Do try it!

I’d return to One Fifth anytime.

Trattoria One Fifth
Greenwich Village
One Fifth Avenue Apartments
1 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10003
onefifthnyc.com/