Located at 2014 Broadway here in New York City (www.lucenyc.com), Luce Restaurant & Enoteca is a fabulously quaint and fairly romantic place to dine. My boyfriend and I dined there last night before catching a movie, and were pleasantly surprised by the entire meal. I started with a baby octopus salad, which is accompanied with a lemon wedge, sundried tomatoes, sliced pears, and greens. It was an interesting course, something not necessarily for those who don't wish to see baby octopus on their plate (everything from those sea creatures made an appearance on my plate). Brian started with the bay scallops and sauteed shrimp with tomatoes and rosemary, and a hit of cream. It was out of this world- coming from a non-scallop fan, it was phenomenal.
Our main courses then came out, after we devoured our starter courses as well as the semi-fresh bread with a sun dried tomato pesto. Brian ordered the spinach and ricotta raviolis, which were finished with a creamy mushroom sauce. Talk about filling! I ordered the pappardelle (about 1" wide pieces of flattened pasta) with duck ragu, rosemary and succulent salty olives. To finish this dish, one would have to be a lumberjack! It was, overall, a fantastic meal. I would highly recommend this restaurant to someone looking for authentic Italian food outside of Little Italy. But don't try and sneak out for a cigarette, as the entire staff will be seen peering through the window and vestibule door to make sure you're not dashing, as your server runs out to have a cigarette as well... 15 feet from you!
Overall, out of 5 stars, this restaurant earns 3 from me.
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