Studio Amaro
La dolce vita hits a party stride.
14.5/20
Italian$$
If Studio 54 and an old-school trattoria fell in love and had a baby, this would be the result. Part bar, part restaurant, all fun, Studio Amaro is where Chapel Street gets its glam on.
A dressed-to-impress crowd crams into corduroy-upholstered booths in a room enveloped by golden mood lighting. Triangles of sourdough focaccia are the perfect wingman for tuna carpaccio. The ruby-hued fish, dressed only with fried capers and a glug of fruity olive oil, is the embodiment of Italian simplicity.
Frilly campanelle buddy up to a sophisticated ragu of milk-braised pork with a spicy hint of ’nduja. There’s no resisting the lure of the textbook creme caramel, or that of the veneer-walled basement bar where DJ sets encourage you to have just one more Nero Spritz – made with amaro, naturally.
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