Via Carota in the West Village has a charming sidewalk situation.
Via Carota
Worth it. In 2023 Pete Wells, restaurant critic for the New York Times, ranked Via Carota the fourth best restaurant in New York City so the demand will see no end.

- Address
- 51 Grove St Directions
Everything I’ve written about Via Carota. It’s on three of my lists, My spring bucket list, Best restaurants in the West Village and The hardest reservations in New York City.
Every list it’s on
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Inspired Tuscan cuisine takes center stage, start with bruschetta while perusing the pastas on offer. The cacio e pepe and wild. If seafood is more your speed, the grilled octopus & green olive pesto gets my vote.
Via Carota is an Italian restaurant that opened to a lot of fanfare, being owned and operated by two of NYC’s most renowned restaurateurs.
What I wrote thereFold it away
Via Carota is an Italian restaurant that opened to a lot of fanfare, being owned and operated by two of NYC’s most renowned restaurateurs. I’ve been haphazardly trying to snag a reservation for the last two years, to no avail.
The hard to get reservations are available 30 days in advance, and go live on Resy at 10AM daily.
Where it is and what’s near
Worth it, within a ten-minute walk- Bar PisellinoBar · a minute away · on three New York Dearest lists
- Do Not Feed the AlligatorsCafe · a minute away
- L’Industrie PizzeriaRestaurant · a minute away · on two New York Dearest lists
- BoboRestaurant · 2 min away
- SevillaRestaurant · 2 min away
- PalmaRestaurant · 3 min away · on two New York Dearest lists
- CowgirlBar · 3 min away
- Joe CoffeeCafe · 3 min away
I put Via Carota on my best list
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