Via Carota

Restaurant in New York, United States

40°43′59.4″N 74°0′13.2″W / 40.733167°N 74.003667°W / 40.733167; -74.003667

Via Carota is an Italian restaurant in the West Village neighborhood in New York City. Via Carota was founded by married restaurateurs Jody Williams and Rita Sodi.

History

The owners of Via Carota, Jody Williams and Rita Sodi, had previously respectively founded the restaurants Buvette and I Sodi.^[1] Via Carota was the first restaurant the pair founded together; they have since opened the restaurant Commerce Inn and the bar Bar Pisellino.^[2] Before Via Carota opened, Williams and Sodi hosted a party in the restaurant for employees of Buvette and I Sodi to ensure the space was functional.^[3] Via Carota opened in November 2014.^[4] Via Carota is located in the West Village, near I Sodi and Buvette.^[5] Sodi and Williams named the restaurant after a street in an Italian town where Sodi previously lived.^[6]

Via Carota expanded in 2016, leasing a space next to the existing restaurant.^[7] Sodi and Williams began selling Via Carota-branded pre-bottled cocktails in 2023.^[8]

Reception and accolades

The restaurant has received positive reviews from critics, including Pete Wells of The New York Times.^[9] Wells compared the restaurant favorably to Buvette and I Sodi, praising Via Carota for avoiding Buvette's "preciousness" while retaining the dedication to high-quality pasta found at I Sodi.^[9] Wells awarded the restaurant two stars.^[9]

Robert Sietsema, writing for Eater, also gave the restaurant a positive review.^[10]

The restaurant has remained popular since it opened.^[11] Hannah Goldfield, writing for The New Yorker, referred to the restaurant as "a restaurant person’s restaurant".^[11] Instagram account DeuxMoi, which focuses on celebrity gossip and sightings, frequently posts about famous clientele at Via Carota and nearby restaurant Carbone.^[12] Samin Nosrat has said the restaurant is her favorite in New York City.^[11]

Accolades

In 2019, for their work at Via Carota, Williams and Sodi were both given the award for "Best Chef" in New York City at the annual James Beard Foundation Awards.^[13] Writing for Bloomberg, Tejal Rao included the restaurant on her list of the "Best New Restaurants of 2015".^[14]

Pete Wells placed Via Carota in fourth place in his 2023 ranking of the hundred best restaurants in New York City,^[15] and in fifth place on the same list for 2024.^[16]

References

^ Preston, Marguerite (21 August 2014). "Jody Williams and Rita Sodi Team Up for Via Carota". Eater NY. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
^ Tepper Paley, Rachel (10 September 2020). "How This Award-Winning Duo Balances Love and Work | James Beard Foundation". James Beard Foundation. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
^ Ferst, Devra (14 October 2014). "Via Carota, Jody Williams and Rita Sodi's West Village Collaboration, Looks Ready for Action". Eater NY. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
^ Ferst, Devra (20 November 2014). "Via Carota, the Joint Project From Jody Williams and Rita Sodi, Is Now Open in the West Village". Eater NY. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
^ Gordinier, Jeff (7 December 2014). "Via Carota, a Love Story". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
^ Lester, Amelia (9 January 2015). "Via Carota". The New Yorker. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^ Raisfeld, Robin; Patronite, Rob (19 January 2016). "Via Carota Will Expand Next Door". Grub Street. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ Crowley, Chris (1 February 2023). "Via Carota Is Launching Its Own Bottled Cocktails". Grub Street. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Wells, Pete (3 March 2015). "Restaurant Review: Via Carota in the West Village". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
^ Sietsema, Robert (16 June 2015). "Rita Sodi and Jody Williams Knock it Out of the Park at Via Carota". Eater NY. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Goldfield, Hannah (7 September 2018). "How Via Carota Quietly Became New York's Most Perfect Restaurant". The New Yorker. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
^ Bluestone, Gabrielle (21 February 2022). "@DeuxMoi Made Me Eat It". The Cut. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
^ "The 2019 James Beard Award Winners | James Beard Foundation". James Beard Foundation. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
^ Rao, Tejal (8 December 2015). "Best New Restaurants of 2015: New York". Bloomberg. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
^ Wells, Pete (18 April 2023). "The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
^ Wells, Pete (1 April 2024). "The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City in 2024". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

External links

Official website

Greenwich Village (including Meatpacking District, South Village, and West Village)

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

Broadway–6th Avenue	74–96 MacDougal Street, 170–188 Sullivan Street Butterfield House Cable Building General Winfield Scott House Mills House No. 1 One Fifth Avenue University Village Washington Square Village Whitney Museum of American Art
West of 6th Avenue	2 Horatio Street 40 Tenth Avenue 45 Christopher Street 75½ Bedford Street 131 Charles Street 173 and 176 Perry Street 299 West 12th Street 302 West 12th Street Bell Laboratories Building Westbeth Artists Community Federal Office Building New York County National Bank Building Palazzo Chupi Salvation Army Headquarters St. John's Terminal Superior Ink West Village Houses
Former	Canterbury Hall Jefferson Market Prison

Culture

Shops, restaurants, and nightlife	Arthur's Tavern Barbuto The Bitter End Blue Hill Blue Note Jazz Club Café Bohemia Cafe Wha? Caffe Reggio Comedy Cellar Commerce Inn Cubbyhole Dante Don Angie Duplex Cabaret Theatre Frevo Gotham Bar and Grill I Sodi Jeju Noodle Bar Joe's Pizza John's of Bleecker Street Julius Kesté Kettle of Fish King Kosaka (Le) Poisson Rouge Les Trois Chevaux Lord's Marie's Crisis Minetta Tavern One If By Land, Two If By Sea Oscar Wilde Bookshop Perry Street Pommes Frites Red Paper Clip Semma Sevilla Smalls Jazz Club Stonewall Inn National LGBTQ Wall of Honor Sushi Nakazawa Via Carota Village Vanguard Wallsé White Horse Tavern
Museums and galleries	Center for Architecture Fort Gansevoort Maccarone Makeup Museum White Columns Whitney Museum
Hotels	Hotel Albert Hotel Gansevoort The Jane Marlton House The Standard, High Line
Theaters, studios	Barrow Street Theatre Cherry Lane Theatre Electric Lady Studios Film Forum IFC Center Lucille Lortel Theatre Minetta Lane Theatre New Ohio Theatre The Players Theatre Provincetown Playhouse Quad Cinema Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
Former	ANTA Washington Square Theatre Apostolic Recording Studio Avignone Chemists The Beatrice Inn Boomer's The Bottom Line Cafe Au Go Go Café Clover Café Society Caffe Vivaldi Carbone Cedar Tavern Chumley's The Cooler Cornelia Street Cafe Da Silvano El Faro Restaurant Eve's Hangout Film Guild Cinema Florent Garrick Cinema The Gaslight Cafe Gerde's Folk City Grand Central Hotel Greenspon Gallery Greenwich Village Theatre Hot Feet Club Hotel Lafayette KGB Espionage Museum Lion's Den Mineshaft Mori Nell's Nick's Nix Old Grapevine Pfaff's Piora Plane Space The Plumm Ramrod Rocco Restaurant San Remo Cafe Seventh Avenue South Sheridan Square Playhouse Soto The Spotted Pig Sweet Basil Jazz Club Tenjune Trude Heller's The Village Den Village Gate ZZ's Clam Bar

Parks, green spaces, and plazas

Current

Abingdon Square Park
Christopher Street Pier
Christopher Park
- Gay Liberation Monument
- Statue of Philip Sheridan
Father Demo Square
High Line
Hudson River Park
Jackson Square Park
James J. Walker Park
Little Island at Pier 55
McCarthy Square
Mulry Square
New York City AIDS Memorial
Pier 40
Washington Square Park
- Bust of Alexander Lyman Holley
- Statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi
- Washington Square Arch
West Fourth Street Courts
Winston Churchill Square

Former

Coles Sports and Recreation Center

Education

Libraries and schools	City-As-School High School Jefferson Market Library Notre Dame School PS 41 St. Luke's School Village Community School
Postsecondary	The New School for Social Research Fogelman Social Sciences and Humanities Library University Center New York University Brown Building Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò Elmer Holmes Bobst Library Fales Library Gould Plaza La Maison Française Silver Center Skirball Center for the Performing Arts University Village New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture Pratt Institute School of Information
Other	Greenwich House Greenwich House Music School Greenwich House Pottery HB Studio School for Poetic Computation
Former	École libre des hautes études Grammar School No. 35 New York Workers School

Religion
Church of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village Church of St. Luke in the Fields First Presbyterian Church Judson Memorial Church Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. Bernard Church Our Lady of Pompeii Church St. Veronica Church Trinity Chapel Washington Square Methodist Episcopal Church

Transportation

Subway stations	14th Street/Sixth Avenue 14th Street/Eighth Avenue Broadway–Lafayette Street/Bleecker Street Christopher Street–Sheridan Square Eighth Street–New York University Houston Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square
PATH stations	Christopher Street Ninth Street 14th Street
Streets	4th Street 5th Avenue 6th Avenue 7th Avenue 8th Avenue 8th Street 14th Street Bank Street Bleecker Street Christopher Street Gay Street Greenwich Avenue Greenwich Street Houston Street Hudson Street Jones Street LaGuardia Place MacDougal Street Patchin Place Thompson Street University Place Washington Mews Washington Street Waverly Place Weehawken Street West Street

Other sites
Fort Gansevoort Hess triangle Lenox Health Greenwich Village Minetta Creek

Related topics
Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation Little Spain

See also: Manhattan Community Board 2

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