West Village Spot Is One Of Best Restaurants In U.S.: Ranking

GREENWICH VILLAGE, MANHATTAN — Greenwich Village's Italian restaurant Via Carota is one of the best restaurants in America, a new ranking found.

Via Carota on Grand Street was among the only 11 New York City eateries that made it onto The Daily Meal's most recent ranking of the 101 Best Restaurants In America.

The highest ranking restaurant from the Big Apple was Eleven Madison Park, on Madison Avenue, which earned the second spot on the ranking. Only Chicago eatery Alinea was considered better.

Via Carota earned the number 26 spot and was praised as one of the city's must-try Italian eateries.

"Inspired by a 17th-century Florentine villa, the rustic “gastroteca” Via Carota is the playground of chefs Jody Williams and Rita Sodi, who have turned it into an essential New York Italian restaurant," the Daily Meal wrote. "The floors, chairs and cabinets are reclaimed and servers wear long linen aprons. If you snag a table, you can expect honest, expertly prepared traditional Italian fare like white radicchio with robiola and hazelnuts, tonnarelli cacio e pepe, fried rabbit with rosemary and garlic and Sicilian meatballs with pine nuts and raisins."

Other NYC restaurants that made the list are:

Le Coucou

Gabriel Kreuther

Frenchette

Via Carota

Jean-Georges

Gramercy Tavern

Momofuku Ko

Per Se

Daniel

Le Bernardin

The full list of the 101 best restaurants is available on the Daily Meal.