The Native New Yorker: Sorella

Sorella is a small Italian wine bar and eatery located on Allen Street in the lower east side. The decor takes a minimalist approach utilizing dim lit candles and the small glass roof in the back room to set the tone. Service is enhanced or hindered depending how you perceive it, by the small glasses which require continuous refill sip after sip.

Upon suggestion from the waitress, the first course of the night was the Pate di Fegato (duck fat english muffin bread, chicken liver mousse, fried egg, bacon). While highly recommended and aesthetically pleasing, the over bearing taste of the mound of mousse made this dish the lowest ranking of the evening. Fast forward to the entrees. Both shown on the top tear above the Gnocchi - Casterlrosso cream sauce, brown butter pears and chives ($13) along with the Tajarin - Lamb ragu, black pepper ricotta, pistachio, mint ($15) were certainly worthwhile.

After "you think you are full" stumble next door to the gelato take out window where everything down to the toppings are homemade.