StreetLevel: Sotto Voce Building Mini-Empire on 5th Ave.
The owners of the 7th Avenue’s Sotto Voce are bringing versions of their popular Italian formula to two new locations on 5th Avenue. Within the next month they’re going to open a bistro called Aperitivo on the corner of 1st street (shown above left). One of Sotto’s managers says Aperitivo is going to be open…
The owners of the 7th Avenue’s Sotto Voce are bringing versions of their popular Italian formula to two new locations on 5th Avenue. Within the next month they’re going to open a bistro called Aperitivo on the corner of 1st street (shown above left). One of Sotto’s managers says Aperitivo is going to be open from early morning to late at night and have classic bistro trappings like a marble bar. A block and a half away, meanwhile, Sotto’s owners are opening a much larger “family-style” restaurant called Alta Voce (pictured to the right above). The eatery, on 5th Ave. between 2nd and 3rd streets, will sprawl over two levels and include a backyard garden and a wine cellar. Alta Voce will specialize in dishes like pasta for three or four, according to the Sotto manager, and it’s scheduled to be in business in June. Salute! GMAP GMAP
Just made the mistake of eating at Sotte Voce. Wow, what mediocrity. God I hate throwing $95 into the wind. Stale bread. Gritty salad. Starkist tuna-like mahi mahi. The pork chops and cherry peppers?!? Overcooked under seasoned crap.
Wait, the Peroni was good. Should have ordered MSG takeout and bought a new pair of sneakers.
I really think the Park Slope pretentiousness has gone to the neighborhood’s collective head, because the restaurants in this part of BK are generally not so impressive and the atmosphere is…well, kind of sterile and boring.
Public vs. Private schools? Huh? What kind of asshole mocks public schooling? A Park Slope asshole, that’s who…
All you “foodies” need to get off your high horses. Sotte Voce is what it is, fairly standard Italian fare.
Next you’ll be knocking Two Toms.
On a positive note, this is the place for great Italian in Fort Greene:
http://www.locandavinieolii.com/
Paulie was a stupid idiot. What do you think about that?
Nothing is more boring than the debate about authentic or non-authentic food. Authentic food can suck. Non-authentic approximations of regional fare could be spectacular. Whatchagonnadoaboutit Paulie?
Didn’t you hear Sotto Voche all the Italians moved to Carroll Gardens!
consider me paulie then…………
whatchagonadoabouit?
“Al Di La… not truly a good representative of what Italian cooking really is”
Ever seen the episode of The Sopranos where the guys visit Italy and Paulie is confused by real Italian food?
One of the best episodes ever.
“I wonder what it will look like a year from now?”
If they keep raising rents, 5th will look a lot like 7th, with increasing numbers of long-empty storefronts.
I haven’t been to Al Di La – but from what I understand, it only serves “Northern” Italian fare which is fine if that’s what you dig…but it’s not truly a good representative of what Italian cooking really is(or what we New Yorkers have loved for the past 80 years). Sorry, I’d take a piece of lasagne over a dish of tripe in a “savory sauce”
just my 2 cents
5TH AVENUE ROCKS!