Il Mulino New York isn’t for everyone. It never was meant to be. Ever since it opened its original location nearly 40 years ago in New York’s Greenwich Village, it was known for its extravagantly expensive, relatively exclusive reputation where everyone from Wall Street influencers to Manhattan’s elite — along with some wiseguys thrown in — would dine on amazing food influenced by the Abruzzo region of Italy.

And while the original family that started Il Mulino, which has now grown to nearly 20 restaurants under a bevy of different names, sold out to a more corporate dining entity, the philosophy of Il Mulino has not changed, especially at its location at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City.