[Image via Perbacco]
Perbacco, the 14-year-old Italian restaurant at 234 E. Fourth St., closed back in the spring "for exciting remodeling" that included a revamped design, menu and focus on wine.
Reps for the restaurant between Avenue A and Avenue B let us know that Perbacco reopens this evening.
A few highlights straight from the official announcement:
• Perbacco will carry an extensive collection of over 80 Italian wines, representing over 20 regions of Italy. There will be more than 40 wines by the glass to choose from…
• The new wine focus is immediately clear even from the décor, from the visually striking back wall of floor-to-ceiling wine bottles behind glass, to the hanging wine glasses above the pewter bar counter by the entrance.
• New Executive Chef Clelia Bendandi will rework the menu into reasonably priced and portioned small plates.
• Perbacco will have over 35 share-able dishes to choose from, covering the traditional Italian categories of aperitivi, primi (pastas), secondi (fish and meats), and dolce (desserts).
• A few signature Perbacco favorites will remain on the menu – such as the Crème brulee di Parmigiano Reggiano with aged spicy balsamic reduction or the Crocchette di Melanzane, eggplant croquettes in fresh bur rata cream.
Because if there's one thing they go for in the Student Village it's fancy wine...
ReplyDeletePerbacco is awesome. Glad to see they'll be keeping some of my favorite dishes around post-renovation.
ReplyDeleteDon't be hatin' on wine, 8:37am
ReplyDeleteFancy or not it's all fine….
"reasonably priced and portioned small plates" "and focus on wine".
ReplyDeleteIn other words, it'll be another wine bar. And yet another restaurant turning into another drinkery. See also: Bar Virage, née Virage; Hair of the Dog; Ten Degrees Bistro; Miss Lily's: soon to open Empellón al Pastor; Can't blame them; they need to keep up with all the clean and shiny gastropubs and luxe eateries popping-up to cater to those who crave the artisanal locally sourced cuisine and cocktails wine served by mixologists in trilby.
"Bar Virage, née Virage" I've never seen any drunken patrons at that place. They're all very well behaved suburbanites or recent arrivals to the hood. I walk by there at least twice a day. This place does not look like an attractive venue for those who like to get 'sloshed'. As always, YMMV.
ReplyDeletePS: I never understood the allure of 'al fresco' dining 10 feet from 2nd Avenue Traffic. But that's just me.
ReplyDeleteSeems like most of the choices around are either trendeateries or trendrinkeries for the SIoS trednsetters.
ReplyDelete#SIoS