Wine Spectator
Wine list Award of Excellence, 2001, 2002, 2003.
Wine list Best of Award of Excellence, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.

New York Times
“Authentic Neapolitan Pizza”

“Carefully constructed pizzas with impeccably fresh toppings”

“Excellent pizza & simple well-prepared pastas”

Food & Wine Magazine - Peter Hellman
"The 800-selection list includes three pages of Barolos at very reasonable prices. There are 80 wines under $75.”

New York Magazine - Debbie Koenig
“Most pizza places don't have an award-winning wine list of Italian wines that tops out at $2,000. Similarly, most oenophilic haunts don't offer certified-authentic Neapolitan pizza. La Pizza Fresca Ristorante, no ordinary pizzeria, does both.”

Crain's New York Business - Bob Lape
“Killer wine list -- Do they pair with pizza? Stunningly well.”

Village Voice - Robert Sietsema
“Indeed spectacular”

“highlights pizzas with toppings of scintillating freshness”

“one of my favorite restaurants”

“Ranked 26 of the 100 Best Italian
Restaurants in New York City 2004”

“Best...wood oven pizza - Best of NYC 2002”

Fodor’s New York City
“This ‘gem’ offers some of Manhattan’s most authentic (Neapolitan) pizza, salads that are fresh and inviting, perfect tiramisù, reasonably priced Italian wines”

The Slow Food Guide To New York City 2004
“attention to detail really shows in the lovely pies”

“all of the ingredients, from the extra-virgin olive oil to the Prosciutto di Parma, are of the highest quality”

“for a special, high-end, and absolutely traditional Italian pizza experience, it's the best place of its kind”

America Oggi
“the quality and freshness is a result
of every dish being cooked to order”

Gourmet Magazine
“Delicious handmade pasta, risotto, Neapolitan
pizza that has been certified for authenticity”

Time Out New York Dining Guide
“The wine list’s many options ($20 to $650) allows you to prove that your taste buds and not your budget are guiding your choices”

“Serious Italian pizza, remarkable wine list”

The Unofficial Guide to New York City
Best overall Italian restaurant rating of 4 Stars,
Value rating = A, Quality rating = 95.

Manhattani.com
“Excellent pizza, amazingly wonderful wine list”

Zagat Survey 2008
“simple yet sophisticated"..."delicious"..."outstanding wine list”

Zagat Survey 2003
“adorable little Flatiron Italian trattoria with Neapolitan brick oven pizzas, excellent pastas and amazing wine, molto bene”

NY Press
“Best Flatiron Pizza”

Pizza Today Magazine
Top 100 Restaurants

Vogue Magazine
Mentioned in ‘The Perfect Pizza’ article

Gambero Rosso Magazine (Italia)
“Best Italian Pizza in New York”

The book Pizza Any Way You Slice It
Mentioned as one of author’s favorite restaurants.


The Rough Guide to New York City Restaurants
“Authentic, soft and dainty Neapolitan pies baked in a wood-fired brick igloo”

“Those who...start relishing soon learn to cherish the city's only pizzeria to be awarded the "Attesta" certificate of authenticity by the Associazione Vera Pizza Napoletana in Naples.”

Insight Guides -- Eating in New York
“This small, friendly restaurant is famous for its authentic Neapolitan pizzas.” “They also serve great fresh pizza.”

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