Barbusa in Little Italy

The latest Italian restaurant from the Busalacchi family is in Little Italy, and you won't want to miss it.  It's Barbusa, a big, beautiful, contemporary looking interior, with Andy Warhol type portraits on the wall.  The food is Southern Italian, Scicilian.  Fran, Linda, Janie and I had lunch there after our visit to an art exhibit at the waterfront.  Friendly wait staff and good food make this a must if you're in the area.

The restaurant was about 1/2 full on a Thursday afternoon around noon, and it was noisy.  I would imagine when it is full at night it is quite noisy.  We ordered a couple of dishes and split everything.  I always like to try as many dishes as I can.  We ordered the Granchio pasta dish.  It was sensational.  Spaghettini cooked al dente (fresh pasta), with crab meat, a light pink sauce and just a bit of heat.  We devoured it.  We also tried the squash blossoms tempura, which  were served in an apricot sauce.  They were big squash blossoms with an asparagus spear, gorgonzola cheese, fried.  I could have eaten the whole order.  We also had a peach and prosciutto salad, with a roasted peach, sliced, with prociutto and a nice glaze.  Excellent too.  The menu also included a beet and buratta salad, Sicilian meatballs, and a bone marrow cavatelli, which is a pasta dish with sausage, cream and bone marrow.  They had many other interesting dishes, too many to mention here.

Pizzas looked good too.  I'll just have to go back again soon and try some of the other delicious dishes.  Be warned.  The pasta dishes are HUGE.  Plan to split.  I hope you enjoy it.