Maccheroni Republic

This charming Downtown trattoria serves up saucy, stick-to-your-bones Italian comfort food, which, at the end of the day, is really the best kind. Start off with Pan-Fried Shrimp Cakes and thin-sliced Baked Eggplant Rolls, load up on Pumpkin Ravioli swimming in creamy truffle parmesan sauce or gnocchi with slow-cooked ragu, and end strong on classic Italian sweets—perhaps a bite of homemade biscotti or the cold-pressed Olive Oil Cake. You’ll leave happy, and so will your wallet, since the dinner bill at Maccheroni usually tends to be more palatable than other Italian restaurants of a similar caliber.