Emilio's Ballato

Italian | NoLita

Food25 Decor18 Service22 Cost$54

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The "food sings" at this "back-in-the-day" "red-sauce" joint in NoLita that "looks like an Italian farmhouse hallway" and is "one of the last of a breed" (it's been around since 1956); owner Emilio is "always there", and the prices are "more uptown than Houston Street."

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