Head to Barolo East for Northern Italian
BY GABE HERMAN
Barolo East is an Italian restaurant
in Midtown that opened
seven months ago and serves
Northern Italian dishes in a pleasant
atmosphere.
Everything is made in-house, from
pasta dishes to breads and desserts. Located
in Midtown East at 214 E. 49th
St., between Second and Third Aves.,
the eatery’s exterior is modest, with a
narrow storefront and gray awning.
But inside, the restaurant opens into
a big space, including a ground level
with a bar, and a second and third level
toward the back with plenty of seating.
There is also a nice outdoor garden area
with more tables, in a courtyard amid
other nearby buildings on the block.
Barolo East offers a full lunch and
dinner menu. Antipasti dishes, ranging
from $10 to $14, include fried calamari,
scampi o sole mio with sautéed
shrimp, and buffalo mozzarella. There
is also a tasty salmon tartare, which is
not listed on the menu but is available
upon request.
The menu also includes salads, soups
and vegetable sides. Pasta dishes, ranging
from $15 to $25, include homemade
ravioli with spinach, ricotta and tomato
sauce; spaghetti al frutti di mare, with
varieties of seafood; and fettucine alla
The restaurant includes multiple levels, with seating and an outdoor
garden in the back with more tables.
ragu Bolognese.
Main courses include pollo dolce
vita, with chicken, artichoke hearts and
mushrooms in gorgonzola cream; veal
dishes, such as vitello al pepe verde
and broiled loin of veal; and bistecca,
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grilled prime sirloin steak. Entrée prices
range from $23 to $46.
There are also delicious dessert options,
including crème brulee, panna
cotta and caramel semifreddo.
The restaurant is generally less
PHOTO BY GABE HERMAN
Pollo dolce vita at Barolo East.
crowded for lunch and has a relaxed
atmosphere, getting busier for dinner
and on weekends.
Barolo East will participate in the
city’s upcoming summer Restaurant
Week, from July 22 through Aug. 16.
The prix fi xe lunch ($25) and dinner
($39) offerings will include antipasti, a
main course and dessert.
More information about the restaurant
can be found at baroloeast.com.
‘Seinfeld Experience’ coming to Gramercy
BY GABE HERMAN
Serenity now!
Are you ready for this? A Seinfeld
pop-up store will be opening in
Gramercy this fall.
“The Seinfeld Experience” will be a
ticketed attraction that offers an immersive
and behind-the-scenes look at the classic
’90s sitcom, according to the company
Superfl y, which is behind the concept.
Superfl y also produces live entertainment,
including large-scale music festivals like
Bonnaroo.
Even though much of “Seinfeld” was set
on the Upper West Side, the space will be
in the Gramercy neighborhood. Not that
there’s anything wrong with that.
The attraction will include interactive
exhibits with costumes, memorabilia,
set recreations and props from the
show. There will also be never-beforeseen
content, though Superfl y did not
elaborate on what that meant. And there
will be a retail store with limited-edition
merchandise.
“We’re thrilled to bring ‘The Seinfeld
Experience’ to life in an innovative way,
combining nostalgia with immersive
entertainment, and getting fans closer
than ever before to the show and its
beloved characters,” said Jonathan Mayers,
co-founder of Superfl y. “A show as iconic
as ‘Seinfeld’ should be celebrated with an
experience that truly matches its legacy
and enduring infl uence.”
The new store comes on the 30th
anniversary of the sitcom’s premiere
on NBC, when the pilot aired on July 5,
1989. The second episode didn’t air until
the following year, in May 1990. Despite
that slow start, the show, created by Jerry
Seinfeld and Larry David, of course went
on to be one of the biggest and most
infl uential in television history.
“The Seinfeld Experience” will be
open seven days a week. Tickets will go
on sale in the coming months, according
to Superfl y, and will be available to buy
through February 2020. A Web site
has been set up, which can be found
at theseinfeldexperience.com. Superfl y
has not yet disclosed the location for the
Experience.
In 2017, Jerry Seinfeld headlined
a new comedy festival from Superfl y,
called Clusterfest. The festival’s fi rst
year included a recreation of the set of
the apartment on “Seinfeld,” along with
facades of Monk’s Cafe and a soup stand
inspired by the sitcom.
Jerry himself weighed in on the
upcoming site this fall.
“Because I am Seinfeld, for a long time
I was the only person to actually have the
Seinfeld experience,” said Seinfeld when
the announcement was made. “Now,
these crazy Superfl y people are going to
make it so lots of people can interact with
our silly ’90s TV show. All I can say is, in
the general context of the world we live in,
this now seems completely normal.”
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