Chef/partner Marco Canora and sommelier/partner Paul Grieco, owners of Hearth in the East Village, bring their casually elegant style to midtown with the opening of Insieme.

The Italian word for "together," Insieme features two menus, side-by-side, both Italian. The traditional menu will offer classic Italian dishes and techniques deeply-rooted in history and Marco's family recipes, such as Suppa di Sparagi in Sapor Giallo (Asparagus Soup with Saffron, Pinenuts, Pistachio) and Tacconi ai Corniglio (Square Pasta Sheets with Rabbit Ragu). The contemporary menu presents a modern take on Italian cuisine, with dishes such as Black Olive Tagliatelle with Duck Bolognese and Australian Beef "en Brodo" with Taleggio Raviolini. Click here for menus in PDF format. Paul Grieco's wine list matches the spirit of the menus, with bottles from emerging winemakers and classic vinters equally showcased.

The 75-seat restaurant, designed by award-winning architects Bentel & Bentel, is warm and intimate, featuring natural materials such as weathered white oak, cork and travertine. A 30-seat private dining room downstairs is fashioned to resemble a wine barrel, with cork walls and lush burgundy carpeting. Insieme is open for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Décor: A spare, warm dining room enriched by a palette of naturally beautiful materials such as weathered white oak, honed silver travertine, raw silk thread drapery and burnished statuary bronze. The quiet strength of each ingredient in the palette evokes an ancient Italian past with an unabashedly modern vocabulary.

	Phone:	(212) 582-1310
	Fax:	(212) 582-8117
	Website:	www.restaurantinsieme.com
	Hours:     Breakfast:              7am to 10am Monday - Friday              8am to 11am Saturday, Sunday & holidays     Lunch:              12pm to 2pm Monday - Friday     Dinner:              5:30pm to 11:30pm Monday - Saturday
	Capacity:	Main Dining Room-75 Private Dining Room-30
	Credit Cards:	Visa, Mastercard, and American Express

Press

“The best lasagna in New York is now being served on Broadway. It is, all by itself, reason to visit the new Insieme... Marco Canora is one of the city's most talented chefs... Now he and his partner, Paul Grieco, have carved out a sleek, modern room in the Michelangelo Hotel.”            -Ruth Reichl, Gourmet Magazine “stupendously good linguine with clams - Marco Canora must have signed a deal with the devil on this one [and] the culingiones con fave {potato ravioli w/fava beans, pecorino, fennel and mint; a true essence of springtime dish, and probably more effective than Prozac at lifting lingering wintertime depression”           -Ray Isle, Food and Wine Magazine

“You'll be here for all the dazzle of flavor and invention. I wish you could have tasted as I did, with no exceptions. And I'll hope the kitchen can live up to what I've written, before Las Vegas beckons, or the Food Network calls, and while armies of food-smitten New Yorkers are demanding a table.”
          -Gael Green, the Insatiable Critic, New York Magazine

“an exciting new Italian restaurant from Marco Canora... When Insieme is good, it's outstanding, and any serious food lover should head here fast for (apologies to Del Posto) the best version of bollito misto in the city... Insieme warrants respect, and repeat visits, because if the arc of Hearth is any indication, a Canora restaurant improves with age, like many a wine. As for Mr. Grieco's wine list, a diverting document interspersed with meditations on the history of a given region or the glory of a given grape, there's no need for improvement. It gets an unconditional summary judgment. It rocks.”
          -Frank Bruni, The New York Times

“The best new Italian restaurant since L'Impero... A taste of almost anything blows away doubts."
          -Steve Cuozzo, New York Post

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