Mario's Restaurant and Bronx Car Rental

Located in the Bronx`s Little Italy, five generations of the Migliucci family have been turning out fresh, robust Neapolitan food since 1919. Travel with your Bronx car rental to visit Mario`s Restaurant, a place where they take pride in their friendly service and first-rate food, prepared from scratch as it is ordered. Mario`s Restaurant`s fresh sauces, hot fresh breads, octopus salad, spiedini with anchovy sauce, and other authentic recipes are among the dishes have made customers return time and time again to their fantastic restaurant. Mario's Restaurant is truly the heart of Little Italy in the Bronx - perfect for a romantic evening for two when traveling with your Bronx car rental. The food is top-notch and the service is always excellent. If you're in the area with your Bronx car rental, it's definitely worth a visit!

A little history

Mario`s Restaurant was first opened in 1919 as a little pizzeria on Arthurs Avenue. When you visit Mario`s Restaurant today you will find that it is a major part in the history of the Bronx`s Little Italy. When you first walk in you will notice the loud décor with arches and columns decorated throughout the main dining room. Newspaper clippings are dotted all around the room and highlight Mario`s Restaurant`s long history.

On the menu

Fresh and light fried calamari, eggplant rollatini, baked clams, sundried tomatos, homemade fresh mozzarella, asparagus, roasted red peppers, stuffed mushrooms, here at Mario`s Restaurant they are serious about their food. The menu is filled with delicious Italian fare with hot appetizers such as mozzarella prosciutto and asparagus, stuffed mushrooms, and zesty eggplant Sicilana which whet the appetite of their diners. Follow it with stuffed clam and fresh gnocchi or a confident veal with a side of sautéed broccoli rabe and endives and the Mario`s Restaurant will have you hooked. You should also try out the pizza at Mario's Restaurant, many people consider it to be the best pizza in the Bronx. The crisp, light, and superbly balanced delicious tomato sauce and great quality processed mozzarella will have you soon agreeing! When you travel with your Bronx car rental to Mario's Restaurant you will find that everything in the restaurant is fresh. Even the bread is fresh and favourable. It had to be. It is made every day just down the street from the restaurant!

Something to celebrate about

The Bronx's own Mario's Restaurant is the only New York City area restaurant to win an America's Regional Classics 2000 James Beard/Bertolli Olive Oil Restaurant Award. The selection was made by a 17 member committee of leading food editors and restaurant critics, recognizing Mario's as a “restaurant with timeless appeal, beloved in its region for quality food that reflects the history and character of its community.”

Around the area

The Bronx's Little Italy is famous for its fine Italian-American foods, dining, house wares and other goods. The quality and value you will find here when you travel with your Bronx car rentals is tops. The area is also seeped with tradition; generations of Italian families have given the area a special small-town character unique for an urban setting. Today the tradition continues with grandchildren and great-grandchildren remaining in Little Italy, or returning here, to own and manage business begun by their immigrant ancestors. The vast array of markets, butchers, pastas and pastry shops is supported not only by long time area residents but also their relatives and children from far and wide, who regularly return for the tastes and memories

Before you go...

For more information when you travel with your Bronx car rental to Mario`s Restaurant check out the restaurant's official website at http://www.mariosrestarthurave.com/ or call 718-584-1188

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