When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie…it’s Napoli Pizza & Pasta! Everyone loves Napoli for its down home cooking, literally downstairs in a house on the corner of 35th Avenue and 33rd Street in Astoria. Bravo to Antonio Petito, who has been serving very generous portions of delicious pasta, chicken, meat, fresh fish and seafood, and of course, their famous pizza, since 1997.
Napoli Pizza & Pasta is a mainstay for casual Italian dining in, take out, and delivery.
Celebrate the long weekend and get over to Napoli where you can eat in the quaint, family style dining room, or outside at the summer seating. Italian music and Frank Sinatra waft through the air with tantalizing aromas from the kitchen. All dishes are prepared on the spot using Petito’s family recipes from Italy. Families often order a pizza to share as a first course, or choose antipasti such as savory eggplant rollatini filled with fluffy ricotta and homemade sauce and mozzarella ($8.95). Napoli’s signature garlic bread is served hot and crisp from the oven and goes well with fried calamari with wedges of lemon and homemade tomato sauce ($12.95). The kids love fried zucchini sticks and mozzarella sticks, or you can share a cool Caprese salad of sliced, fresh mozzarella, basil, and tomatoes. A large antipasto salad is tossed with cheeses, olives, salami, peppers and more and is perfect for sharing, The Caesar salad is also excellent, and can be topped with grilled chicken breast for a meal itself.
We settled in with a glass of Montepulciano and a frosty Peroni beer while Maria and Millie welcomed guests warmly and recited the day’s specials which included fresh fillet of sole prepared Francese style with lemon, butter, and white wine. The menu offers your favorites such as chicken Francese, tender chicken Marsala, or chicken Milanese with a crispy golden crust that pairs perfectly with a crunchy salad for a summer meal. Classic chicken, shrimp or eggplant parmigiana can be ordered as an entrée or piled onto a hero sandwich, to stay or to go. NYPD are regulars, enjoying their lunch and dinner breaks here as delivery orders fly out the door.
Napoli Pizza & Pasta offers over a dozen pasta dishes to choose from among the traditional spaghetti Pomodoro with their fabulous tomato sauce to the creamy Alfredo sauce. Choose your pasta, such as linguine, spaghetti, fettuccine, ziti or rigatoni and your favorite sauce. Pasta Napoli is their specialty, combining plum tomatoes with chunks of tender chicken breast, mushrooms, basil, garlic, white wine and parsley ($15.95). Rich, meaty Bolognese sauce is delicious over fettuccine with a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese. Linguine or spaghetti with red or white clam sauce, made with juicy clams, is another popular dish. Comforting spaghetti and meatballs will satisfy you with nicely seasoned meatballs over a mound of al dente spaghetti. Pasta pesto is a bright summer dish while baked pasta dishes like manicotti, stuffed shells, and lasagna make great leftovers.
It all started with Napoli’s light, crispy crusted pizza. The secret is in their homemade dough and tomato sauce and fresh toppings. Individual sized “pizzette” are popular, as are their stuffed rolls, hot hero sandwiches, and calzones.
For dessert, you must try Napoli’s home- made zeppoles made fresh each day and dusted with powdered sugar. Cannolis are filled to order and the Italian cheesecake is house made.
Napoli does an expert catering business with party trays of their delicious Italian dishes for your family or business function. Call now to make plans.
Napoli Pizza & Pasta is open seven days a week for lunch, dinner, and a great slice with free delivery in the area. When the moon hits your eye…go to Napoli Pizza & Pasta!
www.napolipizzanpastany.com