Villa Barone - City of New York

I'm giving it 1 star because I can't give it less. I had what was the worst meatball parm I've ever had in my entire life. Bread seemed okay but after the first bite I knew it was a mistake. What do you use, Cat food or Dog food. It was the most disturbing taste. I've smelled **** that had a better aroma then the **** you pass off as food! I'll be sending samples to a independent lab and to the Health dept. God help you if it comes back as anything less then meat!! Avoid this shithole. Just a little update. They are out of business. They store has been refurbished and soon to be a new pizza place.

I've loved the pizza here for many years. My parents live close by, and I can't resist stopping by for a slice. It's a great Neapolitan style Bronx pizza. Yum!

Decent pizza, cheap beer but the real reason to come here is their cheese calzones. Grab a friend, get yourselves a $2 draft and split one of these babies (it's probably a really bad idea to eat one by yourself there must be 3 lbs of ricotta in there). I tell you I need to stop there just about every time I'm in the old neighborhood.

Used to go here with The Ex when we were young and whatever. He introduced me to veal francese here, so I couldn't help but feel nostalgic when I passed by on my way to the new Latin place a few doors down. Wellll...the new Latin place hadn't opened yet (still under construction? , so I went back to Villa B. The restaurant half wasn't open yet, so I asked on the pizza side whether I could take out an entree. No prob! Veal parm without cheese--what's it called, veal Milanese? Veal cutlet plain, with sauce. Great, that's for me. Veg and pasta? One or the other. Okay, spinach. I was surprised at how good it was--and still reasonably warm after the trip home. Veal was tender, sauce fresh and textured, spinach nice and garlicky. The bread included was a good chunk, and good quality. The whole thing was better than I expected. And bigger too--leftovers next day!

I walked in to get a calzone when the manager who walked in from the restaurant side asked me what I wanted. I told him a calzone. He proceed to grab my calzone with his bare dirty hands when I said excuse me He ignored me and put my calzone in the microwave I said what are you doing? He 's like I have to heat it up before I put it in the oven I 'm like oh no wait a minute there 's nothing Italian about that. He 's like we 've done it like this for years I 'm like I don 't think so. Listen up here people. The food is pre-made yes I understand but to put it in the microwave first? Be careful fine dining in this place as your expensive plate might 've been put in a microwave first