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Il Buco

47 Bond St. (Bowery & Lafayette Sts.) Send to Phone
New YorkNY 10012
212-533-1932 | Make Restaurant Reservations
Indulge your passion for Italian wine while partaking from the Mediterranean-influenced menu. Il Buco Restaurant is one of our | Top 10 New York ChefsTable Restaurants |

Cuisine

Open

Lunch Tues.-Sat., Dinner nightly

Features

Wine

Great Wine List

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If you are looking for a quaint (though not quiet or cheap) country setting, Il Buco is about as close as you can get without leaving the city. Owners Donna Lennard and Alberto Avalle originally opened this hole-in-the-wall (Il Buco literally means the hole in Italian) as an antique store in 1994, then decided to sell wine and food as well. They soon realized that more people were interested in buying tapas than rusty watering cans. From the original regulars who happily nibbled Italian and Spanish morsels amidst old wheelbarrows and mirrors, Il Buco's following has grown. Reservations are a must, especially on weekends, when the kitchen is open until 2 a.m. Chef Ignacio Mattos makes such Mediterranean-inspired dishes as Dijon-encrusted lamb chops with puntarelle and slow-roasted porchetta over white polenta. Don't become too attached though---the menu changes nightly. The wine list is considerable, and dotted with unusual Italian selections.

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