Tavola
Two hands tearing focaccia over a spread of small Italian plates, carafe of house red catching golden candlelight, exposed brick in background

Puglia · Handmade Daily · Since 2018

Tavola

Hand-rolled pappardelle. Nonna's ragù. A carafe of house red and nowhere to be.

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La Nostra Storia
Black and white photograph of the original Tavola kitchen in Puglia, founders Marco and Rosa Ferrante at the wooden prep table
Puglia, 1992 — The original kitchen

The Founders

Marco & Rosa Ferrante

Marco learned to make pasta on a marble table in his grandmother's kitchen in Locorotondo. Rosa grew up watching her mother pull bread from a wood-fired forno every Sunday morning. They met in a trattoria in Fasano, married in the same room, and spent the next decade figuring out how to bring that table to you.

La Filosofia

Nothing here has ever been written down.

Every recipe lives in muscle memory — in the angle of a wrist rolling pasta, in the sound of onions softening in olive oil. We don't use timers. We use instinct.

Open since 2018 · Puglia-trained kitchen

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Pasta shapes rolled daily

1968

Year Nonna Lucia's ragù was born

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Recipes that have ever been written down

Le Origini

Every ingredient has a name.

We don't say "locally sourced." We say Cascina Rossi in Fasano. We say Sal's at Fulton. Provenance isn't a marketing word here — it's an address.

Olive grove in Puglia with silver-green trees in golden morning light
Farm

Cascina Rossi

Fasano, Puglia

Fourth-generation olive grove. Their Coratina extra-virgin goes into everything — the pasta water, the bread, the finish on the branzino.

Supplying: Olive Oil & Seasonal Vegetables

Fresh whole fish on ice at a traditional fish market, gleaming silver scales
Fishmonger

Sal's Fish Market

Fulton Fish Market, NYC

Sal has been at the market since 4am every Tuesday and Friday for 22 years. He calls when the branzino is right. We answer.

Supplying: Whole Fish & Daily Catch

Artisan burrata cheese being hand-pulled in a traditional southern Italian caseificio
Dairy

Caseificio di Torre

Andria, Puglia

The burrata curd arrives vacuum-sealed on Tuesday mornings. We pull it to order. It never touches a refrigerator here.

Supplying: Burrata, Mozzarella & Ricotta

La Carta dei Vini

The wine list fits on a chalkboard.

Small producers. No markup theater. Tuesday nights, the carafe is half-price.

Rustic Italian wine bottle with hand-written label against terracotta wall in Puglia vineyard

2022

Puglia

Primitivo di Manduria

Cantina Menhir

The house red. Full-bodied, warm, like the Salento sun. Fits on a chalkboard for a reason.

$12 / glass · $44 / bottle

White wine being poured into a glass in a sunlit Italian courtyard, golden afternoon light

2023

Campania

Falanghina

Feudi di San Gregorio

The white. Crisp and mineral, like standing next to the Amalfi coast with a plate of crudo.

$11 / glass · $40 / bottle

Deep red Lambrusco wine in carafe on a rustic Italian trattoria table with candlelight

NV

Emilia-Romagna

Lambrusco Reggiano

Medici Ermete

The Tuesday carafe. Lightly sparkling, deeply unpretentious. Pairs with everything on this menu.

$10 / glass · $36 / carafe

Take It Home
Tavola ragù kit contents: hand-tied fresh pappardelle, jar of slow-braised ragù sauce, and Parmigiano block on linen cloth
Limited Weekly Batch

The Ragù Kit

Nonna Lucia's ragù, unchanged since 1968 — now for your Sunday table.

Each kit feeds two. Inside: 250g hand-rolled pappardelle, one jar of six-hour slow-braised ragù (enough to coat every ribbon), a wedge of aged Parmigiano Reggiano, and a card with Marco's reheating instructions written in his own hand.

  • 250g fresh pappardelle, hand-rolled same morning
  • 480ml slow-braised ragù — six hours, no shortcuts
  • Parmigiano Reggiano wedge, 24-month aged
  • Marco's hand-written reheating card
$38feeds two · pickup or delivery
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The Perfect Gift

Give someone Sunday dinner.

The kit ships in a kraft box with a handwritten note from Marco. We've sent it to new parents, homesick college kids, and one very deserving accountant.

Tuesday is carafe night.

Every Tuesday, house wine is half-price. Dinner for two with a carafe runs about $70. No code required.

Prenota il Tuo Tavolo

Pick your night.

We keep the room at 42 covers. Reservations go fast on weekends. For parties of 8 or more, book at least three days ahead and mention it in the notes — we'll set the long table in the back.

Hours

Tue–Sun 5:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Address

214 Mulberry Street, New York, NY 10012

Phone

+1 (212) 555-0182

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We'll confirm by email within the hour. Cancellations accepted up to 24 hours before.

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