Patsy's Pizzeria NY

Here I am, sitting and listening to some old school Blink 182 as I'm writing this blog post. Last week, I went to Patsy's Pizzeria --- NOT to be confused with, Patsy's Italian Restaurant!! Goodness, there are so many restaurants in New York City- and some even with the same confusing names... took me awhile to figure this out and few times at google to get why the other Patsys didn't sound like anything I ate. Anyway, here's what I ordered:



They have pastas and pizzas, the normal everyday Italian cuisine. However, there's something unusual about the pasta. First of all, it tastes AWESOME. It's very clean, light, and doesn't leave a greasy, heavy feeling after you eat it. (i believe this is a lot like authentic pasta in Italy- because that's what it tasted like when I was there) It comes in two sizes, a family size and a normal portion size. the family size is HUGE! Probably enough to feed about a family of 50-- just kidding- maybe like 5 people. (or you can get one and have it last you for 2 days of breakfast, lunch and dinner..

The thing about them is that their ingredients seem so fresh and tasty, like they just prepared it the moment you ordered it. (and it felt like it too.. because it took them a LONG awhile to serve...or maybe I was just super hungry and impatient..but I don't think it's the latter..) One of the pastas we ordered, had chicken.. and the chicken pieces was so large and juicy that I seriously thought it was lobster for a split second.. I believe it was called, [image left] "Gemelli Arugula e Pollo - Twisted pasta with arugula, with light tomato and sliced chicken " The Pasta is so cool (as shown in the middle image above) it's like 2 speghetti wrapped around each other. Very cool! We also ordered the [image right]"Rigatoni con Le Salsicce - Sweet Italian sausage with spinach, broccoli, olive oil, garlic and wine sauce" I wanted to try some of the sausage here. To be honest, this dish wasn't that great. The broccoli was great (since this is my favorite vegetable- I will eat this in any way) but the sauce was little too salty and heavy for my liking. But it was good none the less...

I don't particularly recommend or condemn this place, but I think it's a nice place if you're in the mood for some decent pasta :)

Taste: 4/5
Atmosphere: 4/5
Cost: $15-$35