Barbetta is an Italian restaurant focused on Piemonte cuisine located at 321 West 46th Street (between 8th Avenue and 9th Avenue) on the

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's Restaurant Row in

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. Founded in 1906, Barbetta is one of the city's oldest family-owned Italian restaurants and the oldest restaurant in the Theater District. It holds many other firsts from its food innovations. Barbetta was founded in 1906 by Sebastiano Maioglio and is now owned by his daughter, Laura Maioglio, who took over in 1962.

Innovations

Barbetta was the first Italian restaurant to present

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"on a continuous and regular basis during the truffle season" and was one of the first restaurants in

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to add a

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for dining outdoors.

Recognition

Barbetta is the first restaurant in America to have received landmark status from the Locali Storici d'Italia when it was designated Locale Storico (Historic Establishment). In 2013,

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gave it a food rating of 22.

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