Little Italy is about four blocks long and roughly half of them are restaurants with laminated menus and a guy out front pointing at you. The kitchens cooking all that pasta have had plenty of time to figure out cross-contamination, and most of them haven't bothered. We're still building this list, but nearby Nolita and the Lower East Side both have options worth knowing about.
Updated Oct 6, 2026
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