ArtePasta (CLOSED)

Italy native Marco Ornetti mans the pizza oven at this sister restaurant to Upper West Side mainstay Arte Cafe. The lofty 220-seat restaurant—decorated with paintings of '50s Italian celebrities—specializes in traditional Italian fare. Ornetti offers thin-crust pies like a classic Margherita and vegetarian-friendly Verdure (zucchini, eggplant and peppers). Also on the menu are house-made pastas—lasagna bolognese, linguine with clams—along with entrées such as chicken milanese and veal scaloppine. To drink: nearly 100 regional Italian wines (Girolamo Dorigo, Antinori), eight bottled beers (Moretti, Stella Artois) and Peroni on tap.