Da Silvano Restaurant-NYC

i dont know the person, but i often see a red stradale parked around there, i was wondering if it was the owner's, since he always has the best spot...now i know

 

I've been there a few years ago and didn't notice anything Ferraristic there, but I've since heard people say that the owner is a big Ferrari aficionado, and every now and then there's been a word here and there about swinging by.

Aside from the Ferrari element, I have had dinner there and it was good stuff.

I do think it would be fun to do something there sometime. How was your dinner?

 

yeah the owner is an older man (white hair) that drives a red cs with stripe.

 

Da Silvano is a great resturant in the summertime. The food is pretty good but on the expensive side. Most people go there for people watching and just to sit outside and soak in the city. Last time I was there, Michael Keaton was hanging around there. I was wondering where Batman went all these years. His car wasn't striped in the beginning but has gone through a transformation where he even has his website as a banner on his windshield. Try the Kobe Hot Dog next time you are there. I know for 50 bucks I haven't tried it.

 

Ben... heres the man and his car. I met him @ your Uncle's little shindig downtown NYC back in Sept 2004. The impression I got was that he's pretty close with Benny and that they hang together regularly.

A bunch of us ECers saw him in the CS when convoying back from the Times Square Shootout/FoLI event. Im down for checking out his place sometime.

BTW - the pix are frm M Lussos site.
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Yo BRad, Rene, Chris, Emil? we gots to have this kobe again!

 

i have ate there several times. try the mediterranean lobster... it's the best lobster i ever had. he also has a maserati qp and is going to italy in may to pick up his 430.

 

Please add me to the list. Never had Kobe.

 

Silvano is a huge car nut. He has a quattroporte, 360, and a maser convert.

His place is very expensive and you really have to make an effort to go very often (and with the right guests) in order to be treated appropriately.

It is much more manageable when he opens the street tables in the summer.

 

he is also a sponsor of ferrari of long island challenge race team

 

Have eaten there rnany times, very nice. The place next door, Bar Pitti, is also very good for traditional Italian..much less formal and much cheaper but it is small and they have a no reservation policy. Not unusual to see a Maserati Spyder parked right in front of Da Silvano..could the owner have one of those as well?

Great spot for summer afternoon get together if the parking can be arranged. This is an extremely hectic part of the Village.

 

I saw silvano's Challenge Stradale in front of the place last spring. I talked to him a little about it, and of course he only had great things to say about the car. it was cordoned off with orange cones.. at the time, the car didn't have the stripe or the silly decals (...the miniature italian flag below side marker -- as if we didn't know the car's from Italy?..or that silvano is italian?..). but i guess to each, his own.

 

i just registered after seeing this 360 parked outside this restaurant Sunday night around midnight. I met Mr. Silvano, he is very very nice.
Here are the photos I took of his amazing car-
http://home.earthlink.net/~ctc230k/stradali/

 

I wonder if those "silly decals" lets him write off part of the car.

 

oh by the way his name is Silvano Marchetto, he is apparently a famous chef, he has written atleast one book plus owns that restaurant.

http://dasilvano.com/

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1582341176/qid=1115208847/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-4448056-8741626?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

 

Eli: Will he be in Vegas?

 

Emil, as of last week he was going.

 

Great restaurant. Saw Yoko Ono last time I was there. Bar Pitti next door is great as well.

 

Looks like he copied Brad with the rear diffuser painted red

 

no kidding!!! i am going to try to make it to his place sometime this weekend to see the inside, i hear its got alll ferarri memorabilia on the walls and stuff.

 

i'm going to stop in tonight, i bet he'll be around for Cinco De Mayo!!!

 

Great Lobster there

 

well, i didn't even make it past the first mexican bar in my town that night, forget about all the way to new york.