Caravaggio (restaurant)

Description

Caravaggio is an Italian restaurant located at 23 East 74th Street (between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue) on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, in New York City. It is around the corner from the Whitney Museum of American Art.HistoryThe restaurant opened July 15, 2009. It is owned by brothers Giuseppe, Antonio, Cosimo, and Geraldo Bruno.MenuIts co-executive chefs are Isauro “Luis” Rosas and Massimo Bebber. Among its dishes are meatballs, eggplant parmigiana, roasted red snapper, roasted swordfish, dover sole, veal chops, ossobuco with saffron risotto, bomboloni, and cannoli.DecorThe restaurant exhibits two paintings and a sculpture by pop artist Donald Baechler. It also exhibits art by Frank Stella and Ellsworth Kelly, and four original Henri Matisse stencil lithographs. It has silk-lined walls, and leather seating.