East Side Eats

For Jane's bon voyage dinner the night before she returned to Minneapolis last week, we ate at Felidia on East 58th, which has quickly become one of our favorite Italian restaurants. (We love that delightful bartender, Patrick Joy!) ... Trying to pace ourselves, Jane and I shared the lemon garlic shrimp appetizer, and at first bite, I wished I had ordered my own. I could eat a feedbag of that creamy deliciousness. I also had their signature pasta dish, the pecorino and pear ravioli, which never disappoints.
On the wine front, I ordered a 2006 Barbera d'Alba Brunate, which I found rich and earthy ($48).
My only lament is that we can't eat there more often ($!). Unless we took out a second mortgage.