Bar Norcini

Bar Norcini Restaurant Review:

Union Square is known just as much for its designer stores as it is for its lack of quality casual restaurants. Enter Bar Norcini, a stylish but low-key Italian wine bar in the Villa Florence hotel. With its marble-topped bar, high ceilings and floor-to-ceiling front windows, it's a good place to set down heavy shopping bags and enjoy a light lunch. A fresh selection of cheese and house-cured salumi, pizzas, panini and salads (including a flavorful calamari and white bean version) offer sustenance to shoppers, while Italian wines, cocktails and Illy coffee wash it all down.