Barbetta Restaurant in , , | Italian Restaurant

Barbetta Restaurant,  having celebrated its 100th Anniversary in 2006, is the oldest restaurant in
New York that is still owned by the family that founded it.    Barbetta Restaurant is also the oldest Italian Restaurant in New York, and the oldest restaurant in New York's Theatre District.
This three-fold distinction makes the historic Barbetta Restaurant a landmark among New York
restaurants. Its landmark status has been recognized by the prestigious and highly selective Locali Storici d'Italia, which has designated Barbetta Restaurant,a Locale Storico(Historic Establishment), the first restaurant in America to have been so named and the interior cannot be altered in any way.
Founded in 1906 by Sebastiano Maioglio, Barbetta Restaurant is now owned by his daughter, Laura Maioglio.
Barbetta Restaurant's spectacular interior was decorated by owner Laura Maioglio.   Ms. Maioglio, a collector of antiques, used important 18th century Piemontese antiques to evoke a Piemontese palazzo of the 18th Century.   Among these pieces the most notable is the great chandelier which hangs in Barbetta Restaurant's main dining room, obtained from a palazzo in Torino which had belongs to the Savoys, Italy's royal family.   Another very important piece is the harpsichord, signed Fabbri 1631, in the foyer of the restaurant.