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Wynwood is now home to a delicious new Italian restaurant, Rosemary's. A mainstay of New York City's culinary scene since 2012, the eatery just debuted its 7,000-square-foot Floridian counterpart at 322 NW 25th Street, courtesy of Casa Nela hospitality group founder and owner Carlos Suarez, who actually used to live around here.
In addition to its stellar menu (we'll get to that in a second), Rosemary's offers the sort of ambiance that signals attention to all details.
The restaurant is found inside a repurposed single-story shoe warehouse right next to an empty lot that's been set up to feel like a "charming Tuscan villa," according to an official press release.
Executive chef Craig Giunta makes it a point to cook with ingredients sourced from the on-site urban garden, created in collaboration with Little River Cooperative.
"From fragrant rosemary and fennel to zesty kumquats and key limes, Giunta incorporates garden-grown ingredients into nearly every dish," reads the release.
Speaking of the food: patrons can expect a ton of vegetable-based dishes, like the eggplant caponata made with pine nuts and agrodolce. A plate of well-made focaccia focaccia will be delivered to your table as soon as you sit down and you'll want to consider following that up with a crudo of bluefin tuna topped with citrus, fennel, coriander and basil.
Dessert-wise, the restaurant's popular olive oil cake and bomboloni filled with Nutella deserve all the praise they've been receiving.
Needles to say, the featured wine list is chock-full of Italian options, as if the menu section dedicated to spritzes. Staying away from liquor? Zero-proof cocktails are part of the offerings as well.
Overall, the restaurant—a tribute to Suarez's mother Rosemary, whose home-cooked meals prepared using vegetables from her own garden in Lucca, Italy, have become the stuff of legen—truly feels like a leisurely, food-focused trip to Europe—and we're absolutely here for it.