Your Very Last-Minute Guide to Thanksgiving in New York City

If you want Thanksgiving with a twist … Antica Pesa. This Brooklyn restaurant is making the brave decision to go turkey-less on Thanksgiving. Instead, diners are invited to order cacio e pepe, pumpkin gnocchi with prawns, baked monkfish, and sweet potatoes drizzled with gorgonzola fondue. Grab a reservation, perfect if you want dinner closer to […]

A Guide to All the Very Italian Restaurants Taking Over New York City

Feroce is a three-headed beast of a spot in Chelsea’s Moxy Hotel with a bar, café, and full-service ristorante. It’s the brainchild of Francesco Panella, the restaurateur behind Brooklyn’s Antica Pesa and heir to the original location in Rome, which dates back to 1922   See More

The 11 Most Stylish New Restaurants in New York City

Designed by the Rockwell Group, Feroce Ristorante is the ground-floor Italian hot spot at the new Moxy Chelsea hotel. Run by Francesco Panella and the team behind Antica Pesa in Rome and Brooklyn, it brings a new level of sophistication to the Moxy brand.   Architectural Digest

Why Brooklyn and Rome Are More Similar Than You Think

Brothers Francesco, Simone, and Lorenzo Panella—the restaurateurs behind Antica Pesa in Williamsburg and Trastevere—discuss the similarities between the Brooklyn and Rome neighborhoods and where to hang out in each place.   See More

How to (Re)Open Restaurants During a Pandemic According to Francesco Panella

Francesco Panella deeply loves his work – an element ever-present for him even as a child, in the kitchen of his family’s Trastevere restaurant in Rome Antica Pesa dal 1922. Panella’s job represents an endless passion, an emotion he loves to channel through his restaurants. A famous TV personality in Italy for the show Little […]

Being A Restaurateur

“OUR JOB? WE MAKE PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT PROBLEMS AND MAKE THEM FEEL WHAT THEY REALLY ARE: SPECIAL.” A MESSAGE OF LOVE BY RESTAURATEUR FRANCESCO PANELLA.   See More

12 Actually Quiet Restaurants to Try in NYC

The Williamsburg location of Antica Pesa — an outpost of the Panella family’s Michelin-starred Roman restaurant in Trastevere — also uses local, mainly organic ingredients. The golden-lit room with dark wood, soft music, leather banquettes, and a warming fireplace is a popular date night spot (Rande Gerber and Cindy Crawford cozied up there last month). […]