Midtown Lunch

Around the corner from Sole di Capri (aka, Capri Caffe), there is another source of cheap lunchtime pasta called Tre Sorelle. Based on the number of people I saw coming and going at prime lunch time, this place is popular with office workers and people such as myself taking their food to go for a little desk dining. This could be because of the extensive lunch menu that includes personal size brick oven pizzas, pastas and platters of Italian standbys for $10 or less. Perhaps the best deal on the menu is the pasta of which you can choose from five varieties for $6.95 which is a good price for this area.

This container was completely full of the penne al pesto that I’d ordered. You get Italian bread for free with all of the lunches, or you can spend another $2.50 for garlic bread.

The pasta was solid, with plenty of pesto and cheese dousing it. No complaints here – and it was still hot after a subway ride. The pizzas here -you see the pizza oven right when you walk in – look like a good deal as well, and you can get a small margarita or a couple of cheeseless varieties for $10. On a stretch of Reade St. that has a lot of solid, reasonably-priced lunch options, this is another one to add to to the list to try if you’re in the mood for Italian food.

Tre Sorelle, 61 Reade St. (btw. B’way & Church), (212) 619-1080