The owner was warm and had that ineffable Italian Grandma quality of being a natural born food-pusher. She was entertainingly verbally abusive to an apparently incompetent employee. And she made a GREAT sandwich. Seriously, great. Pricy but worth it ~ with good capicola, salami, even roasted red peppers. While we were eating, I heard someone order cannoli, hmmm. . .... More

We were walking by Manganaro's and the inside caught our eye with wooden floors. Then we remembered that Anthony Bourdain had done a show in it. As we walked in we were acosted by a woman in the back who, when she found out we were checking the place out for "future" visit, started with a stream of explictatives. Unbelieveable!!... More

I love this place. You have to walk through a store that likely never sells anything they have on display to get to the kitchen part of the 'restaurant.' This is as authentic old New York as it gets. And, the woman behind the counter is incredible. She will chase away potential customers with her attitude. And, it is not... More

My daughter and I went to Manganaro's for lunch December 4th. The restaurant area is in the back of the building. We shared a ham and swiss sandwich on Italian bread and the most delicious rice ball I have ever eaten. It was filled with cheese and surrounded by homemade tomato sauce that was incredible! There were two women at... More