Review: Cucina Stagionale
289 Bleecker St

This place has the big ol' clunky Christmas lights up along its name and is directly across from Calinte Cab Co . . . I thought it would be a touristy place . . . and perhaps it is, but I was quite content. The decore is peeling paint with paintings of water/boats etc. The service couldnt be nicer. Dinner was delicious and the wine was, good (i'm not exactly a conisseur about wine). Price was it was excellent! The only thing is that there was really only one thing I wanted to order, the rest seemed like sterotypical Italian fare . . .

What I had: bread and butter (why not EVOO? is that actually an American thing?); Penne Melanzana and a few of us shared an Australian Pinot Noir