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Dishes include:

- Linguini Santa Lucia (Perfect for the Holidays)
Half Lobster with mixed sea food including vongole (clams) and squid, served over linguini with the same sauce (recipe attached)

- Mushrooms stuffed with genuine lump crabmeat
Rarely do restaurants use fresh crabmeat. Most restaurants are serving the imitation style. This antipasto is an example of Trattoria Dante’s unique dedication to offering only the most authentic food made with the freshest ingredients.

- Spaghetti Alle Vongole
New Zealand clams, fresh garlic, white wine and parsley

People who dine at Trattoria Dante are usually the type who lived in Italy and maintain the appreciation for authentic Italian cuisine. The restaurant is also a destination for many Italian visitors to enjoy a meal (come a casa) or just like at home. Regular customers return not because of the stars sitting across the room but for the elegantly simple Italian dishes they crave at moderate prices and with a non-pretentious attitude.

Under the direction of Mario Flotta, owner, the menu at Dante consistently receives enthusiastic customer reviews, making it a best-kept secret. Flotta was inspired by his own heritage he brought from his hometown Avellino. Trattoria Dante is a place where you can get a taste of the Mediterranean of Italy and enjoy basic Italian dishes of high quality and traditional recipes.

Trattoria Dante is invitingly low-key and often well-known customers including famous stars and diplomats dine here because of its anonymity. It’s a place to escape the Manhattan noise and commotion and enjoy a night in Italy. Trattoria Dante has a stylishly casual atmosphere similar to one you would find in a trattoria in Italy. It has exposed brick walls and tile floors and has large sepia-toned pictures of Florence on every wall.

Flotta also owns the next door legendary Caffé Dante, a famous New York icon known for the best espresso and cappuccino and as a hang out for the literary and artistic crowd from all over the world. Some diners stop next door and discover the best desert at the most famous side-walk caffé in New York.

Trattoria Dante has over 25 pasta dishes on the menu. Flotta prides himself in the number of homemade pastas which include:

Recommended Dishes:

-Ziti Alla Scarpariello
Ziti with eggplant, parmesan and a little bit of hot pepper
This dish is not found in many other restaurants in New York.

-Bomboloni
Home made pasta
Spinach pasta filled with ricotta and spinach
Served in a pink sauce. ( no meat)

-Gnocchi Tomato & Basil
Light dish.

-Homestyle Lasagna
This dish is inspired by Flotta’s mother.

The restaurant offers about 18 Secondi Piatti or main courses which include Veal, Lamb Chops, Chicken and Fish.

Lamb Chops Abruzzese
Made with rosemary sauce on the side

Pollo Alla Cacciatora with Fusilli
This dish is made to order.
25 minutes wait
This dish is served with fusilli pasta with the Pollo Alla Cacciatora sauce.

The prices range from $8.50 for an Appetizers to $21.75 for Fish entrees.

Trattoria Dante serves a choice of homemade Italian pastries from the Caffé offering a pastry selection that surpasses that of other West Village caffés including Tirami Su, Cannoli, Italian Gelati and Fresh Fruit Sorbet. Patrons can also order a tasty expresso or cappuccino perfected by the adjacent Caffé Dante’s years of expertise.

The restaurant has a wide variety of wines.

Hours: Dinner 7 Days a week from 5 pm on. Saturday and Sunday lunch starting at 11:30 am. Reservations are recommended on the weekends. The restaurant is located at 81 MacDougal Street and takes all major Credit Cards. For more information: 212 673-7540.