Review of Little Nonna

Staff here recommend reservations on Fork more than a day or two in advance. They aren’t kidding. Definitely, for your sanity, get a reservation. They didn’t answer the phone and we arrived to find only one (very efficient and professional and, to us, without enough help and stressed out but calm) waitress covering every table, and there are many tables, including 4 large parties of 8-10, and after being told they could not seat us that night, and we didn’t budge, we were asked to wait 30 min for a possible no show. Then lucked out & landed just that. Seems to need more wait staff.

The wait was worth it. Five cooks in the kitchen and food came out fast enough. Kids loved the pizza - the crown jewel here, most realistic GF crust yet: soft, pillowy, perfect balance between moist & crisp, and tasty with the authenticity of any independent pizzeria whether they serve GF or wheat-laden crust, erasing the series of bad memories of hard, flat and dry “sad cauliflower crusts”. We had the round table tucked away in a little semi-enchanting cave-like area, and we watched the cooks through the window there. The pizza dough balls sit patiently on pans stacked on top of each other in a shelf like any regular pizza place you’d find in NYC. Lasagne alle bolognese was terrific & enough for two, rigatoni carbonara delicious but the noodles were a tad bit hard, more than al dente. We will come back for the pizza crust. Honestly, the pizza toppings, and the breadth of pizza and non-pizza options and the taste are even better for us at another Parisian trattoria (Tasca). But this a special place since they are entirely GF and their pizza crust is so good. Appreciate that Little Nonna is there.

Is ALL the food in this establishment gluten-free?

— Yes, the establishment is dedicated gluten-free

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Good