Piccola Cucina offers excellent Italian cuisine in a very cozy, intimate setting. Softly lit and elegant, they are dedicated to providing customers the proper treatment to bring in the New Year. And what better way to start 2010 with their delicious pastas, meats, capuccinos, and finishing it off with some bubbly? Drink responsibly though, as Cucina’s full bar all kinds of Italian wines, champagne, and the most desired beer in Italy, Moretti.
Take a look through their New Year’s Eve menu:
New Year’s Eve Early Dinner
7-8:30pm $75
Spuma di patate con seppia al nero
Potato and squid ink foam
Insalatina di finocchi e arance
Fennel and orange salad
Capriolo al pepe verde con carpaccio di funghi porcini
Venison with green peppercorns and porcini carpaccio
Tris di ravioli alla Norma
Ravioli with eggplant, tomato and ricotta
Filetto Rossini
Filet of beef Rossini
Lenticchie e zampone
Traditional New Year’s Eve lentils with a stuffed pig’s trotter
Cappuccino di tiramisu
Cappuccino tiramisu
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New Year’s Eve Celebration
9-11:30pm $110
Spuma di patate con seppia al nero
Potato and squid ink foam
Insalatina di finocchi e arance
Fennel and orange salad
Capriolo al pepe verde con carpaccio di funghi porcini
Venison with green peppercorns and porcini carpaccio
Tris di ravioli alla Norma
Ravioli with eggplant, tomato and ricotta
Fregula ai crostacei
Fregola with seafood
Pesce spada alla milanese con asparagi a matita e salsa al limone
Swordfish Milanese-style with pencil asparagus and lemon
Filetto Rossini
Filet of beef Rossini
Lenticchie e zampone
Traditional New Year’s Eve lentils with a stuffed pig’s trotter
Cappuccino di tiramisu
Cappuccino tiramisu
Champagne toast at midnight
Courtesy of Chef Philip Guardione
Piccola Cuccina is located at 184 Prince St. (between Thompson St & Sullivan St) in New York, NY. For reservations, call (212) 625-3200.