Upper East Side Italian Restaurant

[coughy]

we are meeting friends for dinner tonight and they would like to go to an Italian restaurant. We will be in the East 80's from 2nd Ave to Madison. Would like to keep it moderately priced. Any ideas? Thank you.

[weinoo]

Not too many great ideas...here's one...Sfoglia. Slightly higher up (93rd) and make sure you call first.

[boudin noir]

If you stick to appetiser and pasta, moderate by new york standards, Sandros on east 81st can be raelly superb.Quirky chef.

[patrickamory]

I haven't been there for about half a year, but Lusardi's at Second Ave. and 78th St. is really superb. Highly recommended for northern Italian. Good wine list too.

[coughy]

Thank you for your suggestions. We wound up at Trattoria Pesce and Pasta on Third and 88th. Food was okay, prices were great and it was very close to where we needed to be.