{"id":376,"date":"2019-07-26T02:41:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T02:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eatandwanderlust.com\/?p=376"},"modified":"2020-01-08T04:27:05","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T04:27:05","slug":"restaurant-week-dinner-review-rafele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eatandwanderlust.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/26\/restaurant-week-dinner-review-rafele\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurant Week Dinner Review: Rafele"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the best restaurant week menu choices on the nycgo.com website was definitely Rafele. Most of the Restaurant Week (going on from 7\/22 until 8\/16) menus only offer 3-4 different choices for appetizers and mains each but Rafele offers a whopping 17 appetizer choices (ranging from grilled octopus, pizza, caprese, fried calamari…!) and 14 mains (so many pastas, meat dishes and pizzas to choose from!) I definitely had trouble choosing from the extensive menu. Rafele is a bit of an escape from the city- you feel like you’ve been transported into a rustic Italian kitchen. You definitely get your money’s worth coming here- and the food was flavorful as well. Dessert was not my favorite items here but I was happy with the appetizers and mains! Might be a nearly perfect Restaurant Week Lunch choice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The appetizers: Pizza, Grilled Octopus, and Gnocco Fritto with aged Parma prosciutto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Pizza
Pizza Salsiccia e Broccoli Rabe <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Gnocco
Gnocco Fritto: 24 month Parma prosciutto with fried dough<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Polpo
Polpo alla griglia – grilled octopus with fava bean puree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We ordered Pork cheek pasta, seafood spaghetti, and a fragrant truffle-y mushroom pasta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Paccheri
Paccheri All’amatriciana: with pork cheek, tomato sauce,pecorino cheese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Tagliolini
Tagliolini al Funghi: Truffle and Mushroom Tagliolini<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dessert was cheesecake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Rafele<\/a>
29A 7th Avenue South New York<\/strong>,NY<\/strong> 10014
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