History
Contorno's is a family owned Rustic Italian ristorante tucked away in the back of the new Boutique Holiday Inn just steps away from the Empire State Building. The vision for Contorno's is Sunday Family Dinner, meaning a place for family and friends to come together at the dinner table to talk, laugh, enjoy many small dishes of traditional, old world Italian style food paired with fine Italian wine.
Specialties
Chef David Buico is a self-trained chef who learned everything he knows about true Italian cooking from his grandmother. He perfected his craft as a chef at such venues as Blue Water Grill, Bocca, and Rockefeller Center. Using fresh ingredients sourced from only small local purveyors, you won't find any parmesans or heavy sauces on this simple and sophisticated menu. What you will find, in addition to Grandma Buico's special Tomato Sauce, are unique pasta, meat and fish dishes, plated beautifully and designed to let the flavor of the ingredients shine on their own merit.