As always, food and service was excellent. I'm all about city living but Barbuzzo is just too jammed in. If you are a deuce and inside, you cannot not be part of your neighbors conversation. It does impact the experience.
March 2024
The food was amazing, but the service was a little lacking. I'm pretty sure our waiter forgot about us by the end of the meal and we would have loved more wine.
March 2024
This cool vibe place is friendly, and well staffed with an open style kitchen. Creative menu with ingredients applied tactfully with an appropriate touch. Smaller plates are perfect portions and served at an enjoyable pace.Def worth stopping in.
About the restaurant: At Barbuzzo, the modern Mediterranean restaurant in Midtown Village, chef/co-owner Marcie Turney doesn't just proclaim a locavore bent: a chalkboard is updated daily with specific vegetable, fruit and dairy products. All are sourced from farms in Chester and Lancaster counties, verdant spots including Green Meadow and Blue Moon Acres.Food & Drinks: The seasonal menu might list spring pea and mushroom arancini, shaved asparagus and speck salad or a roasted and raw salad with beets, goat cheese and pistachio pesto. From the oven come some of the city's best margherita pizzas, as well as pies with innovative combinations such as Brussels sprout leaves, guanciale, "secret" white sauce and truffled farm eggs. Pan-seared gnocchi with heirloom cherry tomatoes and truffle butter, and the tonnarelli with calamari, lemon and olives are standouts among the pasta dishes. For dessert, try the house Italian pudding --- chocolate-crusted salted caramel budino.
