Rubirosa
11 expert reviews
“"Perfecto" pizzas and "soulful" pastas offered at a "fair price" keep this tolerably "trendy" NoLita Italian on "solid footing" with its "funky downtown" crowd.”
– Zagat
"An exciting Italian-American eatery that locals have shown an insatiable appetite for." Full review
13.0
"This is inspired Italian-American food, something the street hasn't seen for decades." Full review
"Rubirosa's crisp yet pliable pies have a delicate char and a small ring of crackerlike crust around the edges." Full review
"The long, rustic space is a next-generation Joe & Pat's of sorts, done up in turn-of-the-last-century style with reclaimed wood tables and tin paneling." Full review
8.2
"As it stands today, the only difference between Rubirosa and some of New York’s most classic Italian restaurants is time." Full review
"It’s so thin and so good, you can eat a lot of it before realizing that you were full a while ago." Full review
Critic's Pick
"We’re smitten with the classic pizza, a crisp, thin-crust iteration with tangy red sauce and dollops of dry mozzarella that’s a throwback to Joe & Pat’s standard pie." Full review
"So, can you tell us a little about this place?
Behind a cheerful striped awning and an inevitable clutch of people lingering outside waiting for a table, Rubirosa is built like a railroad apartment: One narrow, dark wood-filled room opens onto another, and then another, where you can see thin-crust pies being made through the kitchen's plate-glass window" Full review
Bib Gourmand
"Push through this classic SoHo street, dotted with boutiques and coffee shops, and head straight into Rubirosa's narrow, dimly lit dining room simply to discover how very cool pizza can be" Full review
"New York is renowned for its pizza, and according to Fora travel advisor Michelle Zelena, Rubirosa serves some of the best — and most Instagrammable — in the city"
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