Meda

Stopped by here for a late lunch. They had all sorts of cuisine, but mainly stuck with Italian.

For drinks got one of their vodka based drinks from their all day happy hour menu. I actually enjoyed it.

For lunch got the croquettes, pepperoni pizza (which was different because it had no tomato sauce, and had potatoes underneath the pepperoni), and the pesto pasta. All great choices (croquettes were a bit too salty though). Would come back again to try the other drinks and food.

Heritage Grand

We went here for dinner to satisfy a pizza craving.

From a friend who went to Tulum, apparently the. One of the restaurant is like every restaurant in Tulum.

For drinks, ordered an Aperol spritz.

For food, ordered a pepperoni and sausage Neapolitan pizza and a penne with shrimp pasta. Both great choices. (FYI we were going to order calamari, but yelp mentioned not to order it!).

Would come back to this place in a heart beat.

The Stand

Usually we come to this place just for the stand up portion. However decided to try out the restaurant.

The clutch move about eating here before the show is that you get 10% off the food bill, and they save your seat at the show itself (which is usually downstairs( if you are not yet done eating. We started eating at 9pm, so we went the route of them saving our seat.

For drinks got the espresso martini without simple syrup.

For food, we ended up getting the shrimp cocktail, the porkchop, a steak, and the tagliatelle pasta all great options.

(FYI you can order all these at the actual show as well, but I liked eating them before the show).

Ristorante Pizzeria Amarone

Great Italian food. This was located in the Italian part of Amsterdam. Very authentic, and the staff were great.

For drinks, had a bottle of Zin to share for the table.

For food, got a margarita pizza to share, and the lobster pasta. Ended of the a tiramisu. All amazing.

Bagatella

Tried this restaurant in the Marina district in San Francisco. Would definitely come back.

First, their bread was really good. It was fresh, and the garlic butter in came with was great.

For drinks got an Aperol Spritz.

For appetizer, got the meatballs and the gnocchi. Both great.

For my main course, got the seafood linguini. Also great, but wished the scallops were the larger ones (they were just bay scallops).

Finished off with key lime pie. No complaints there.

Rosemary’s Midtown

Grabbed Saturday brunch with some friends from New York at this place.

Got an espresso martini without any sweetener plus an Aperol spritz. Both were great.

For food, got the pesto pasta, the pappardelle verde, potatoes, French toast, and mushroom sausage pizza. All of it was great, and would get them again.

This place is a chain with locations through New York. This location gets Hampton people going to it apparently.

Note: didn’t take any photos for some reason, so all the below pics are from yelp.

Figaro

Went for dinner at this restaurant before seeing a comedy show at the Comedy Cellar in the west village.

For appetizers, got the salmon over crispy rice. Great choice and would definitely get it again. For the main course, got the scallops with trofie pasta. Also great choice (scallops were cooked just right).

For drinks, did the standard Aperol spritz (as this is an Italian restaurant).

Prince St Pizza

As the name suggests, this pizza is located on Prince St at the lower east side.

They are famous for their square Pizzas. There was a line when we got there, but it went fairly quickly. Probably partly because they have whole pepperoni pizzas already premade.

I would come back, but I will say had a little bit of heart burn after (probably because of the pepperoni).

Rosa’s Pizza

Went here for a quick lunch as it is close to the New York Apple office.

Just got a pepperoni slice. It tasted great, and it didn’t give me any food poisoning. So would go back again.