STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — To illustrate the newest venues on Staten Island in a general roundup, we highlighted Patrizia’s Taverna, a new concept to The Boulevard in New Dorp.
Frankly, it was tough to pick which Taverna photo to use in that overview because the food and restaurant were that beautiful. Here's the pic we used in that other story with pizza and bread chef Pietro Somma. He's crafted a stuffed bread with broccoli rabe, mortadella and burrata with olives.
(Staten Island Advance/Pamela Silvestri) Pamela Silvestri I would like you to appreciate this restaurant, too. The place is unusual on many levels, primarily in that it was built from scratch with all new equipment. Normally, new eateries are retrofitted from their prior iterations, sometimes with bric-a-brac from the former business at the address, for better or worse.
So, it’s nice to see a perfectly fresh kitchen, dining room and bar. Here we announce that footprint as the model for future Tavernas. The Taverna idea comes to us as the more casual brand of Patrizia’s of Brooklyn which has branched out across the region, to Eltingville, Redbank, Florida and even Aruba.
Locally, the Patrizia’s concept will come to 4916 Arthur Kill Rd., an eatery previously known as Lava. Going forward, it will be called Patrizia’s of Tottenville.
As the owners put it, “This will have all of your favorite dishes from Lava blended with Taverna’s New Dorp goodness, and that of Patrizia’s in Eltingville.” And, although.