Yeah, I wouldn't eat anywhere in Little Italy, it's a tourist trap and most of the food is prepared by Mexicans, last time I ate there was the Festival of San Gennaro and I regretted it instantly. If you want good Italian food in Manhattan, you gotta go to Rao's but you can't ever get a table there so forget it. Arthur Ave in the Bronx is decent but if you want the best Italian food in NYC, you go to Carroll Gardens and Bensonhurst in Brooklyn.