{"id":203543,"date":"2026-04-20T17:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/203543\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T17:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:34:07","slug":"a-local-pizzaiolos-tour-of-the-best-restaurants-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/203543\/","title":{"rendered":"A Local Pizzaiolo\u2019s Tour of the Best Restaurants in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mangieri starts his day with a cycle around town to clear his head, before getting a slice of cheesecake at Veniero\u2019s Pasticceria e Caff\u00e9<\/a>, a dessert that he\u2019s been enjoying for more than 30 years. The Sicilian-style cake is made with alternating layers of sponge cake soaked in rum, maraschino cherries, and a dense cannoli cream, encased in a buttery pie dough. Mangieri talks about the history behind the cheesecake, which is cooked in a. century-old underground oven. \u201cYou can\u2019t fake that kind of stuff, that comes from years of hard work, and repetition, and passion, and family, and it really touches me,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

He then makes his way to Hearth<\/a>, for one of his favorite burgers. The restaurant is rooted in Tuscan culinary traditions, but with plenty of American spins. The Variety Burger literally uses a variety of meats: beef heart, liver, brisket, bone marrow, and beef chuck are ground into a thick patty that is topped with fontina cheese from Italy and caramelized onions. \u201cTo me its insane that this burger is not on the top of every burger list in the United States,\u201d he says, noting that the burger transcends the traditional idea of a burger and is one of the most incredible meals he\u2019s had.<\/p>\n

Next is D. Coluccio & Sons<\/a>, a sandwich shop and market that has been distributing cheese, tomatoes, and olive oil directly imported from Italy since 1978. Mangieri goes shopping, highlighting some of his favorites for cooking at home or to inspire new dishes at the restaurant.<\/p>\n

Finally, Mangieri makes it to his final stop at Casa Enrique<\/a>. Chef and owner Cosme Aguilar takes him into the kitchen for a look behind the scenes. Mangieri and his family then dig into tacos, enchiladas, and a spicy shrimp dish. \u201cThere\u2019s just a lot of layers of flavor going on, everything is really thoughtful, you can taste each ingredient, and I think that\u2019s kind of a commonality in everything we experienced today on our day off, and that\u2019s kind of the way I eat,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Watch the most recent episode of Chef\u2019s Day Off <\/a>to see how chef Anthony Mangieri spends his day off at his favorite restaurants, bakeries, and shops around New York City.<\/p>\n

Celebrating our 124 years in business in the same original location here in Manhattan\u2019s East Village. What started out as a pool emporium and candy shop.<\/p>\n

Open in one place or another \u2014 the Jersey shore, East Village, San Francisco, now the Lower East Side \u2014 since 1996, Una Pizza Napoletana produces some of the most perfect evocations of pizza in the Neapolitan style. These are smallish pies dappled with char, steaming straight from the oven. Only five or six different configurations are offered.<\/p>\n

This Long Island City restaurant from the Bar Henry team serves a number of specialties from the Chiapas region of Mexico. Casa Enrique is located just a few blocks away from the Vernon-Jackson stop of the 7-Train, so you can get here from Midtown in about ten minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mangieri starts his day with a cycle around town to clear his head, before getting a slice of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,56,63,65,64,1115],"class_list":{"0":"post-203543","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-ny","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-nyc-headlines","12":"tag-nyc-news","13":"tag-video"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}