Best Italian Restaurant serving best pasta and best wines BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT WORKING ON BEING THE BEST UPPER WEST SIDE ITALIAN RESTAURANT BEST INGREDIENTS EQUAL BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT NYC DEDICATION TO THE BEST RECIPES, INGREDIENTS, WINES How to achieve the goal of being The Best Italian Restaurant possible in The Upper West Side of New York City? This means following and respecting tradition and Italian culinary recipes and serving the best ingredients, wines, and pasta. What elevates our cuisine from a meal to an experience – from a meal to art – revolves around a single unifying concept: Our Executive Chef Michele Casadei Massari drives us to be the Best Italian Restaurant in NYC, with standards, experience, and goals. At Lucciola, every locally-sourced vegetable, fresh-caught piece of seafood, and dry-aged piece of meat, such as wagyu beef from Japan, is hand-selected by our chef. Lucciola (“Firefly”) is a bright light in the darkness beckoning food and wine enthusiasts of all backgrounds worldwide. Lucciola became a reality in the Upper West Side on December of 2017, thanks to the efforts of Chef Michele Casadei Massari, Restaurateur Alberto Ghezzi, and Coffee Roaster Luca Filicori, a great team from Bologna that know how much Ingredients Matter. Lucciola Restaurant pays homage to Festa di Laurea Italian movie director Pupi Avati. And focuses on Emilia Romagna cuisine, the best wine worldwide.