Belmont to host inaugural Bx Winter Restaurant Week
BY STEVEN GOODSTEIN
Restaurants along the popular Arthur
Avenue strip will showcase their
wide variety of Italian cuisine as part
of an upcoming event.
The Belmont Business Improvement
District recently announced that
the inaugural ‘Little Italy in the Bronx
Winter Restaurant Week’ will begin
on Monday, February 3 and conclude
on Thursday, February 13.
For just $20, participants can enjoy
a three-course prix-fi xe lunch and a
three-course prix-fi xe dinner for $30.
The eight-day extravaganza will
showcase the cuisine of eight Belmont
restaurants, including Ann & Tony’s,
Antonio’s Trattoria, Arthur Avenue
Fiasco, Gerbasi, Mario’s Restaurant,
MichaelAngelo’s, MangiPasta and San
Gennaro.
Established in 1927 by Eugenio and
Rosa Napolitano, Ann & Tony’s has
passed through four generations and
has been serving classic Italian-American
cuisine on Arthur Avenue for
over 90 years.
All of Antonio’s Trattoria’s dishes
are based on authentic, traditional
cuisines and recipes.
The extensive menu includes entrees
with fresh local ingredients,
handmade pastas and a variety of Italian
American comfort food.
For the restaurant week, Antonio
Trattoria is offering a 15% discount off
the regular ‘a la carte’ food menu. The
restaurant’s motto is, “when you’re
here, you’re family.”
With all their pasta made in-house,
Proverbs 13:22 “A good man leaves an
inheritance to his children’s children.”
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Arthur Avenue Fiasco is part of Chef
Roberto Paciullo’s restaurant group
which also owns and operates Roberto’s
Restaurant as well as Zero Otto
Nove, both located in the Belmont/Littly
Italy neighborhood.
Locally-owned Gerbasi Ristorante
is known for its homemade pasta and
fresh mozzarella as well as the eatery’s
family-like atmosphere.
The year 2019 was a big year for Mario’s
Restaurant, which celebrated its
100th anniversary and also became
the fi rst restaurant to join the portfolio
of specialty stores in the Arthur Avenue
Centennial Club.
Notables who have dined at the restaurant
in its 100-year history include
former state governor Nelson Rockefeller,
singer Anna Moffo, fi lm director
Martin Scorsese and actress Elizabeth
Taylor.
The restaurant was also the stage
for a scene in the HBO show The Sopranos.
Mario’s restaurant week menu is
available for dinner only.
With over 20 years of experience,
MichaelAngelo’s features a brick
oven and locally-sourced produce and
meat.
The family-owned and operated restaurant
has a unique layout, with the
kitchen in the front and large seating
area in the back of the restaurant.
Having opened in 2018, MangiPasta
is the newest of the Restaurant Week
participants.
The casual eatery continues the
Italian tradition of crafting homemade
pasta from scratch.
The restaurant cooks strictly Italian
cuisine using only the fi nest ingredients,
prepared on-site by hand every
day.
Co-owned by a couple originally
from Naples, Italy, MangiPasta is was
inspired by genuine experiences, authentic
friendships and real conversations
- and honoring this legacy of
authentic dining is at the heart of everything
they do. MangiPasta’s restaurant
week menu is available for
dinner only.
San Gennaro Ristorante was
opened on Arthur Avenue in 2014 by
chef and owner Gennaro Martinelli,
who was born in Capua, Italy and attended
the French Culinary Institute
before opening various restaurants in
Belgium.
He has also toured with various
culinary projects in Austria, Kenya,
Thaliand, Brazil and Switzerland. San
Gennaro Ristorante serves true Italian
dishes with imported and local ingredients
and handmade pastas.
“We’re thrilled to announce our
inaugural Little Italy in the Bronx
Restaurant Week,” said Belmont BID
chairman Peter Madonia. “This two
week program provides visitors and
local residents with an opportunity to
experience the best of Arthur Avenue
and its variety of family-owned restaurant
businesses, many of which have
been handed down over several generations
and were founded nearly a century
ago.”
Reservations for Restaurant Week
can be made at any of the eight restaurants
directly.
Restaurant Week menus can also be
found on Belmont BID’s website, www.
bronxlittleitaly.com/little-italy-in-thebronx
restaurant-week.
An old photo of Mario’s Restaurant and the Arthur Avenue Retail Market.
Photo courtesy of Instagram (@bronxlittleitaly)
Cuisine from San Gennaro, one of the eight
restaurant participating in Bronx Winter
Restaurant Week.
Photo courtesy of Instagram (@bronxlittleitaly)
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